Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2022

STEVEN PINDER v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

STEVEN PINDER v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 20, 2022

STEVEN PINDER v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed April 20, 2022.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

________________ No. 3D22-87 Lower Tribunal No. F91-35366 ________________

Steven Pinder, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Laura Anne Stuzin, Judge.

Steven Pinder, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, HENDON and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Laster v. State, 486 So. 2d 88, 88 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986) (holding: “Sexual battery on a child under twelve years of age is a capital felony punishable by life imprisonment with a minimum of twenty-five years imprisonment. It is not a life felony and is not subject to a guideline sentence; it is not scored within the guidelines.”) See also Collins v. State, 823 So. 2d 299 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) (affirming in reliance on Laster).

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