Timonere v. State

RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, James M. Ti-monere challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for postconviction relief based on allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel and its imposition of a departure sentence without a contemporaneous statement of the reasons for departure. We find no merit in his claim that trial counsel was ineffective, and affirm the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief without discussion.

The trial court did, however, commit reversible error when it imposed a departure sentence without providing contemporaneous reasons…