Edwards v. State

We have for review Edwards v. State, 748 So.2d 1106 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), a decision of the First District Court of Ap*1137peal citing as controlling authority its opinion in Collins v. State, 732 So.2d 1149 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), quashed, 766 So.2d 1009 (Fla.2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

Edwards contends that the trial court failed to comply with the statutory requirement to file written reasons for imposing a departure sentence. This issue is governed by our opinion in Maddox v. State, 760 So.2d 89 (Fla.2000). In Maddox, we determined that a trial court’s failure to…