Case Name: Jimmy Wayne KING, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-16
Citations: 715 So. 2d 256
Docket Number: No. 91791
Parties: Jimmy Wayne KING, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: HARDING, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 715
Pages: 256–256

Head Matter:
Jimmy Wayne KING, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 91791.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 16, 1998.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in State v. King, 700 So.2d 781 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997), which the district court certified to be in conflict with the opinion in Galloway v. State, 680 So.2d 616 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), concerning the issue of whether additional sentencing points for carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission -of a crime may be added to a defendant's sentencing score where the defendant is convicted of carrying a concealed weapon or possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
' Recently, we resolved this conflict in White v. State, 714 So.2d 440 (Fla.1998), wherein we held that it is error for a trial court to assess additional sentencing points for possessing a firearm where the sole underlying crime is carrying a concealed firearm or possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In other words, we held that rule 3.702(d)(12) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure and section 921.0014, Florida Statutes (1993), do not contemplate the addition of sentencing points for carrying or possessing a firearm where the carrying or possession of a firearm is the essential element of the underlying, offense. In so holding, we approved, the Fourth District's opinion in Galloway.
In this ease, defendant was convicted of several offenses, including possession of a short-barreled shotgun, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession- of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of amphetamine. We are unable to ascertain from the record and opinion below, however, whether the defendant possessed a firearm during the commission of the additional drug-related offenses. Therefore, we remand for further proceedings in accordance with our decision in White.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
WELLS, J., dissents with an opinion.