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Green v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 14, 1987
513 So. 2d 794 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 87-0365.

October 14, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Martin County, C. Pfeiffer Trowbridge, J.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Eddie J. Bell, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The trial court, pursuant to an earlier possession and sale of cocaine conviction, imposed a sentence which was one cell above the recommended guidelines range, indicating on the sentencing scoresheet, that it was doing so because of a "violation of probation." However, the "violation of probation" referred to was not probation for the possession and sale of cocaine conviction, but for another distinct crime of which appellant had also been convicted.

Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(14) appears to intend a one cell upward departure for sentences relating to the crime for which the probation was revoked. Meadows v. State, 498 So.2d 1018 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).

Accordingly, we reverse and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

ANSTEAD, LETTS and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Green v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 14, 1987
513 So. 2d 794 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)
Case details for

Green v. State

Case Details

Full title:RONNIE GREEN, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 14, 1987

Citations

513 So. 2d 794 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

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