Case Name: Landon (Glade) TILLMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-06-19
Citations: 819 So. 2d 913
Docket Number: No. 3D01-3423
Parties: Landon (Glade) TILLMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 819
Pages: 913–914

Head Matter:
Landon (Glade) TILLMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D01-3423.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 19, 2002.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Thomas C. Mielke, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before GERSTEN, GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. The scoring of victim injury is within the sound discretion of the trial court. See Kelly v. State, 701 So.2d 1253 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). While drawing the line between slight and moderate injuries is not an easy task, see Poole v. State, 753 So.2d 698, 698-99 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000), we find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's finding that the injury was moderate in this case. The injured detective had to be on light duty for three months, wear an ankle brace, and regularly attend physical therapy and doctors appointments. Unlike Poole, where the officers suffered only "tiny knicks," the injury in our case was more than "slight."