Eckard v. State

Jay Eckard appeals his sentence which was entered by the trial court upon remand from this court.1 We reverse.

Eckard was found guilty of committing the crime of vehicular homicide, in violation of section 782.071 of the Florida Statutes (1997). The applicable statutory maximum for this offense is 60 months imprisonment. See § 775.082(3)(d), Fla. Stat.(1997). Eckard’s recommended sentencing guidelines range was between a minimum term of 111 months and a maximum term of 185 months incarceration. At the re-sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Eckard to a term of 84 months incarceration…