Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 27, 1997No. 96-2691Published

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Judge.

Robert Wilson files this belated appeal to correct an improper departure sentence.1 The trial court sentenced Wilson for violation of probation in two separate cases in 1991 and ordered him to serve concurrent five year departure sentences in each case. Because none of the reasons given by the trial court supported departure in one of Wilson’s cases, we reversed and remanded for resen-tencing with directions that Wilson could not be sentenced to more than one cell above the guidelines. Wilson v. State, 592 So.2d 1233 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992). Unfortunately for Wilson, his counsel…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

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