State v. Perry

WELLS, Judge.

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

IS THE RULE IN STATE v. DAVIS, 630 So.2d 1059 (Fla.1994), REQUIRING WRITTEN REASONS FOR DEPARTURE WHEN COMBINING NONSTATE PRISON SANCTIONS, APPLICABLE UNDER THE 1994 SENTENCING GUIDELINES?

Perry v. State, 673 So.2d 557 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla.Const.

We answered this question in State v. Simmons, 687 So.2d 827 (Fla.1997). There we wrote:

[T]he 1994 guidelines, contain no disjunctive wording and require new interpretation. Florida Rule of Criminal…