Norton v. State

Full title: Britt NORTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 20, 1996

682 So. 2d 1232 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-1553.

November 20, 1996.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Mark A. Speiser, Judge; L.T. Case No. 94-14847CF10.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

No brief filed for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm appellant's convictions for armed burglary and aggravated battery but reverse the sentence because the trial court failed to state written reasons for the departure as required by section 921.0016(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1995), and rule 3.702(d)(18), Florida Rules Criminal Procedures On remand the resentencing should be within the guidelines. Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla. 1990).

KLEIN, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.