Case Name: James A. WHITTAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-06-02
Citations: 734 So. 2d 1152
Docket Number: No. 98-02016
Parties: James A. WHITTAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PARKER, C.J., and PATTERSON and CASANUEVA, JJ„ Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 734
Pages: 1152–1153

Head Matter:
James A. WHITTAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-02016.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 2, 1999.
Miriam L. Sumpter of Miriam L. Sump-ter, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia A. McCarthy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James A. Whittaker appeals the final judgment and sentence entered after a jury found him guilty of grand theft of a firearm and simple trespass. We affirm the convictions; however, we reverse and remand for the trial court to correct the judgment and impose a new sentence.
Whittaker correctly argues that under Scott v. State, 718 So.2d 751, 751-52 (Fla. 1998), it is improper to enhance the offense for use of a firearm when the felony convicted of was grand theft of a firearm. See also Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.702(d)(12). Whit-taker did not commit any other felonies after he took the victim's gun. The jury convicted him of simple trespass, which is a first-degree misdemeanor. It was error for the trial court to assess an additional eighteen points on the sentencing guidelines scoresheet. We affirm Whittaker's convictions; however, we reverse and remand for correction of the sentencing guidelines scoresheet and for resentencing.
PARKER, C.J., and PATTERSON and CASANUEVA, JJ" Concur.