McLeod v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Belinda McLeod challenges the sentence that she received as a result of her violation of probation. She argues that the trial court imposed a sentence that was an upward departure from the sentencing guidelines, without providing reasons for the departure. We agree and remand for resentencing.

In 1998, following pleas of nolo conten-dere in circuit court case numbers 98-8410 and 98-11931, the trial court sentenced McLeod to concurrent terms of two years’ community control. Thereafter, upon her motion to terminate community control in case number 98-11931, community control was…