Johnson v. State
On appeal from revocation of probation, the Fourth District held that prior convictions must be scored on a sentencing scoresheet according to their classification at the time those convictions occurred, not under a later-amended statute that would reclassify the offense. The court also agreed with the State's concession that a $200 cost of prosecution was improperly imposed without a request for a higher amount or supporting proof, reducing it to the statutory default of $100.
Key facts
- Johnson was on probation when the State moved to revoke it; the trial court revoked probation and resentenced Johnson, scoring prior theft convictions under a later-amended statute that had reclassified the same conduct as a lower-level felony.
- Johnson appealed the revocation and resentencing, arguing that his prior convictions should have been scored according to their classification at the time those convictions occurred, not under the subsequently-amended statute.
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Why it matters
This opinion gives Fourth District practitioners a clear, citable rule for scoresheet disputes involving prior convictions affected by later statutory amendments (particularly relevant given the 2019 theft-threshold… — full analysis with a trial
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