Legal Opinion

Francis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 30, 1987No. 4-86-2940PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

The trial court deviated from the sentencing guidelines in sentencing appellant upon remand from this court. See Francis v. State, 492 So.2d 475 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986). While it is likely that the trial court may have used some of the reasons mentioned in Francis, the trial court did not furnish written reasons for the departure as required by Hankey v. State, 505 So.2d 701 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); Tyson v. State, 504 So.2d 791 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Dogues v. State, 499 So.2d 7 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986).

Moreover, the record on appeal only contains the transcript of the resentencing hearing. Thus we are…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hankey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  2. Francis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  3. Tyson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  4. Dugues v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. SimsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  2. Polite v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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