State v. Watkins

WELLS, Justice.

We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:

IS THE RULE IN STATE V. DAVIS, 680 So.2d 1059 (Fla.1994), REQUIRING WRITTEN REASONS FOR DEPARTURE WHEN COMBINING NON-STATE PRISON SANCTIONS, APPLICABLE UNDER THE FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.702 SENTENCING GUIDELINES (1994)?

Watkins v. State, 680 So.2d 547, 548 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

While on probation for a charge of burglary of a dwelling, Watkins pled no contest to misdemeanor battery. Watkins was then arrested for…