Brown v. State

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder and armed robbery. The recommended guidelines sentencing range was 22-27 years. The trial court imposed a life sentence for the second degree murder and a consecutive 27 year sentence for the armed robbery, with 3-year concurrent minimum mandatory terms for use of a firearm. On direct appeal, appellant argued his sentence had to be remanded for imposition of a sentence within the guidelines range because the written reasons for departure were not given contemporaneously. This court affirmed because in Ree v. State, 565 So.2d 1329 (Fla.1990), the…