Williams v. State

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant appeals a judgment and sentence finding him guilty of burglary and assault, a first-degree felony punishable by life. He challenges only his sentence, asserting error in the fact that when the sentence was orally pronounced, the court failed to issue “contemporaneous written reasons for departure from the sentencing guidelines in accordance with the dictates of Ree v. State, 14 F.L.W. 565, (Fla. Nov. 16, 1989). We affirm.

At the sentencing hearing, the trial judge orally stated two reasons for departing from the guidelines recommendation of 2lh to 3½ years and…