Legal Opinion

Fernandez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 25, 1990No. 87-01824PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALL, Judge.

The appellant Pedro Fernandez challenges the sentences he received after he was found to have violated conditions of probation and community control in three cases in which he was convicted of various drug offenses. We agree with the appellant that the imposition of consecutive sentences in all three cases resulted in a total sentence that exceeded the recommended guidelines range and the permissible one cell bump. Because the trial court provided no written reasons in support of this departure sentence we must remand for resentencing. Since the trial court did not consider the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. BetancourtSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  2. State v. VanhornSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. Waldron v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Watts v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  2. Fernandez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  3. Floyd v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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