BELL v. STATE

No. 94-03664.

670 So.2d 123 (1996)

Willie D. BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Michael J.P. Baker, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph Hwan-Yul Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


WHATLEY, Judge.

The appellant, Willie D. Bell, challenges his sentences for battery and grand theft. He contends that the trial court erred in scoring two of his prior Georgia convictions as third-degree felonies rather than misdemeanors. We agree and reverse.

First, Bell argues, and the state correctly concedes, that his prior Georgia conviction for possession of marijuana was improperly scored as a third-degree felony.

Second, Bell argues that his...

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