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Carpenter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Nov 18, 1987
515 So. 2d 431 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 87-0712.

November 18, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Lawrence L. Korda, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Amy Lynn Diem, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Robert Carpenter was found guilty of burglary and the trial court departed upwards from the sentencing guidelines without supplying a guidelines scoresheet or any reasons for such departure. We affirm the conviction but remand for resentencing within the guidelines range, unless the trial court shall state and put in writing valid reasons for departure. Matire v. State, No. 4-86-1361 (Fla. 4th DCA Sept. 16, 1987).

Affirmed in part; reversed in part, and remanded for resentencing.

DOWNEY, LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Carpenter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Nov 18, 1987
515 So. 2d 431 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)
Case details for

Carpenter v. State

Case Details

Full title:ROBERT CARPENTER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 18, 1987

Citations

515 So. 2d 431 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

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