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Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jan 16, 1986
481 So. 2d 562 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

Nos. 85-981, 85-982.

January 16, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, for Seminole County; C. Vernon Mize, Jr., Judge.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancye R. Crouch, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Paula C. Coffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


This is an appeal from a sentencing guideline departure for convictions of forgery and grand theft. At sentencing, the trial judge orally announced reasons for departing from the sentencing guidelines which were transcribed by the court reporter. The court, however, failed to enter a separate order providing the reasons for departure as required by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(11). Recently, the supreme court held that reliance on the record alone is an improper method for delineating reasons for departure, State v. Jackson, 478 So.2d 1054 (Fla. 1985). Since the trial judge did not have the benefit of this recent case law at the time of sentencing, we vacate the sentences and remand for resentencing.

§§ 812.014(1)(a), (b) and § 812.014(2)(b)(1), Fla. Stat. (1983).

REVERSED and REMANDED.

COBB, C.J., and DAUKSCH, J., concur.


Summaries of

Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jan 16, 1986
481 So. 2d 562 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)
Case details for

Davis v. State

Case Details

Full title:GREGORY DAVIS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Jan 16, 1986

Citations

481 So. 2d 562 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

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