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724 So. 2d 640

Patterson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 6, 1999

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1999-01-06

Relies on 714 So. 2d 440 - White v. State · 717 So. 2d 1111 - McGreevey v. State

Decided 1999-01-06

WHATLEY, Judge.

¶1Thomas Wayne Patterson appeals his sentence for carrying a concealed firearm and argues that eighteen points were improperly added to his scoresheet for possession of a firearm. We agree and reverse his sentence.

¶2Patterson correctly contends that eighteen points were improperly added to his score-sheet for possession of a firearm because possession of the firearm was an essential element of the crime for which he was being sentenced. In White v. State, 714 So.2d 440 (Fla.1998), the Florida Supreme Court held that it was error for a trial court to assess an additional eighteen points to a defendant’s scoresheet for possession of a firearm where the sole underlying offense is carrying a concealed firearm. We do not find merit in the State’s argument that the error was harmless. See McGreevey v. State, 717 So.2d 1111 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).

¶3Judgment affirmed; sentence reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

PARKER, C.J., and SALCINES, J., Concur.
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