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RITTER v. STATE

No. 1D04-1731.

885 So.2d 413 (2004)

James RITTER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ritter, petitioner, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Shasta W. Kruse, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

By timely petition, James Ritter asserts that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel on appeal as a consequence of counsel's failure to address a sentencing issue apparent from the face of the record. We agree and grant the petition.

The transcript of Ritter's sentencing hearing reflects that his sentencing guidelines scoresheet yielded a sentencing range of 81 to 135 months imprisonment. Defense counsel argued for a sentence at the...

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