Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 29, 1994No. 93-2414PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER-CURIAM.

The appellant received a penalty combining community control and incarceration, an unauthorized departure from the second cell of the sentencing guidelines scoresheet. State v. Davis, 630 So.2d 1069 (Fla.1994). We vacate the sentence and remand for re-sentencing.

Because it does not appear from the record that such a departure was intended when the sentence was initially imposed, the trial court on remand may depart from the guidelines upon providing valid written reasons. See State v. Vanhorn, 561 So.2d 584 (Fla.1990); State v. Betancourt, 552 So.2d 1107 (Fla.1989); Dyer v. State,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. BetancourtSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  2. Samuel Friedland Family Ent. v. AmorosoSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  3. State v. VanhornSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  4. Dyer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Coleman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  2. Garaguso v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

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