COTTON V. STATE

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2011 Opinion filed November 23, 2011. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D11-2102 Lower Tribunal No. 99-35158C ________________ Billy Cotton, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Mary Barzee Flores, Judge. Billy Cotton, in proper person. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for appellee. Before RAMIREZ, SHEPHERD, and SUAREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Brooks v. State, 969 So. 2d 238, 243 (Fla. 2007) ( [F]or motions filed under rule 3.800(a), we hold that if the trial court could have imposed the same sentence using a correct scoresheet, any error was harmless. ).

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