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Wooten v. State
Citations: 779 So. 2d 516; 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 15967; 2000 WL 1800584Docket: No. 2D99-1278
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida; December 7, 2000; Florida; State Appellate Court
Telecia Wooten appeals her manslaughter conviction and sentence, raising three primary issues: (1) the denial of her opportunity to impeach a witness with a prior inconsistent statement; (2) the trial court's alleged failure to consider her age as a mitigating factor during sentencing; and (3) ineffective assistance of counsel for not objecting to the reclassification of her offense level for sentencing. The court finds all arguments without merit but specifically addresses the ineffective assistance claim, concluding that the trial court correctly reclassified the offense level under Florida Statute 775.087(1) (1997). As a result, counsel's failure to object does not constitute ineffectiveness. The court affirms the conviction and sentence.