Case Name: Ronald Richard DESCAULT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-07-03
Citations: 90 So. 3d 997
Docket Number: No. 1D11-3482
Parties: Ronald Richard DESCAULT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LEWIS and THOMAS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 90
Pages: 997–997

Head Matter:
Ronald Richard DESCAULT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D11-3482.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 3, 2012.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glen P. Gifford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
WOLF, J.
Ronald Descault challenges on appeal his resentencing for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and with great bodily injury. Appellant raises two points, one of which we find has merit. The trial court improperly reclassified appellant's offense from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony. We find this case indistinguishable from Cabral v. State, 944 So.2d 1026 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006), and Webb v. State, 997 So.2d 469 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008), and thus, are constrained to remand for resentencing. Absent these and other similar decisions, we would find the reasoning of Judge Altenbernd's dissent in Webb to be persuasive.
Reversed and remanded for resentenc-ing in accordance with this opinion.
LEWIS and THOMAS, JJ., concur.