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543 So. 2d 340

543 So.2d 340

14 Fla.L.Weekly 1160

Mosley v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1989-05-10

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently August 1997

4 state decisions

Relies on 495 So. 2d 845 - Mize v. State · State v. Jaggers · 509 So. 2d 1165 - Jaggers v. State

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Decided 1989-05-10

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WENTWORTH, Judge.

¶1Appellant challenges a sentence imposed for the offense of trafficking in cocaine. In imposing this sentence pursuant to the Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701 sentencing guidelines, the court assessed points in the guidelines computation for “legal constraint” at the time of the offense. The record establishes that appellant had been released on a cash appearance bond prior to this offense. It was indicated that the bond was subsequently forfeited, but the record does not show when or for what reason it was forfeited. Pretrial bail-bond release does not constitute “legal constraint” under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701 d.6. See Jones v. State, 520 So.2d 672 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988); Mize v. State, 495 So.2d 845 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986); see also, Jaggers v. State, 509 So.2d 1165 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), aff'd, 526 So.2d 682 (Fla.1988).

¶2The points assessed for legal constraint altered appellant’s recommended sentencing range. The sentence is therefore vacated and the cause remanded for resen-tencing.

ERVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.
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