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NEWSOME v. STATE

No. 87-02967.

546 So.2d 1079 (1989)

Denise NEWSOME, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

As Clarified on Denial of Rehearing July 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Candance M. Sunderland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant entered a voluntary plea of no contest to first-degree murder and grand theft. Contrary to the defendant's argument, the transcript of the sentencing hearing does not provide evidence sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt as to her mental competence at the time of the plea. State v. Tait, 387 So.2d 338 (Fla. 1980). The defendant is correct, however, that a scoresheet should have been prepared for...

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