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Johnston v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Aug 2, 1990
564 So. 2d 1237 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 89-660.

August 2, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, St. Johns County, Richard G. Weinberg, J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Michael S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Fleming Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


Charles D. Johnston appeals his conviction and sentence imposed for one count of capital sexual battery and three counts of lewd assault upon a child. With the exception of the sentence imposed by the trial court, the issues raised by this appeal are without merit. Appellant was sentenced on all counts to life in prison, with a mandatory minimum 25 years. This is an impermissible general sentence. Dorfman v. State, 351 So.2d 954 (Fla. 1977). Furthermore, the sexual battery of a child, being a capital offense, is not scored. See Anderson v. State, 550 So.2d 488 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989); Disinger v. State, 526 So.2d 213 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). Accordingly, we affirm appellant's conviction on all counts but remand for resentencing in accordance with this opinion.

In this case, it was scored as a "life felony" under "additional offenses at conviction."

SENTENCE VACATED and CAUSE REMANDED.

DANIEL, C.J., and COWART and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Johnston v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Aug 2, 1990
564 So. 2d 1237 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

Johnston v. State

Case Details

Full title:CHARLES D. JOHNSTON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Aug 2, 1990

Citations

564 So. 2d 1237 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

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