Sean Patrick Emke v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 17, 2020
Docket2D18-3943
StatusPublished
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
SEAN PATRICK EMKE, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D18-3943
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed July 17, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sarasota
County; Debra Johnes Riva, Judge.
Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law
Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for
Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Sean Patrick Emke appeals the imposition of a prison sentence of 636.45
months. While serving probation on a prior case of possession of child pornography,1
he was arrested and charged with forty new counts of possession of child pornography.
1In case 2010-CF-001445AX, Mr. Emke pleaded nolo contendere to
twenty counts of possession of child pornography.
He entered an open plea of no contest on these new counts and admitted to violating
the terms of his probation. On Mr. Emke's criminal punishment code scoresheet, see
Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.992(a), the trial court designated one count of possession of child
pornography as the primary offense. The remaining thirty-nine counts of possession of
child pornography were scored as additional offenses. According to Mr. Emke's
scoresheet, his lowest permissible sentence, absent a downward departure, was 636.45
months in prison. The trial court sentenced Mr. Emke to 636.45 months in prison on
each count.
Mr. Emke raises two issues on appeal. We find no merit as to the first
issue and affirm without comment the trial court's decision not to downward depart on
his sentences. As to his second issue, we affirm the sentences imposed based upon
our decision in Champagne v. State, 269 So. 3d 629 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019).
Affirmed.
MORRIS, SLEET, and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.
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