Graham v. State

Full title: JAMES DAVID GRAHAM, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Oct 28, 1986

496 So. 2d 227 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. BI-225.

October 28, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County; Erwin Fleet, Judge.

John C. Harrison, Shalimar, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant appeals the trial court's departure from the recommended guideline sentence of 12-17 years to a term of life imprisonment. All of the reasons for departure given by the trial court judge are invalid. Scurry v. State, 489 So.2d 25 (Fla. 1986). We reverse with directions to resentence within the guideline range. Williams v. State, 492 So.2d 1308 (Fla. 1986).

ERVIN, WIGGINTON and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.