PATTERSON v. STATE

No. 98-01878

724 So.2d 640 (1999)

Thomas Wayne PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cedric P. Hay of Beil & Hay, P.A., Hudson, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


WHATLEY, Judge.

Thomas 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.

Patterson correctly contends that eighteen points were improperly added to his scoresheet 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...

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