Welch v. State

HALL, Judge.

Carl Eugene Welch appeals from his judgment and sentence for grand theft imposed after he violated his probation. He contends that the split sentence he received was a departure from the recommended guidelines sentence for which no written reasons were submitted. We affirm.

The appellant’s scoresheet placed the appellant in the category of any nonstate prison sanction. In accordance with Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(14), the trial court increased the appellant’s sentence to the next higher category of community control or twelve-thirty months’ incarceration and…