Stokes v. State

Full title: WILLIAM STOKES, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jul 3, 1991

581 So. 2d 651 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 89-2589.

July 3, 1991.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Lucie County; Joe Wild, Judge.

John J. Anastasio of John J. Anastasio, P.A., Port St. Lucie, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Sylvia H. Alonso and Melynda Melear, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The only issue warranting discussion is the trial court's failure to enter written reasons for departing from the sentencing guidelines. We reverse in accordance with Ree v. State, 565 So.2d 1329 (Fla. 1990) and Savory v. State, 576 So.2d 339 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). On remand, the trial court may not depart from the sentencing guideline sentence. Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla. 1990).

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED.

LETTS, GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.