From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Hicks v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Apr 11, 1991
577 So. 2d 712 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 90-438.

April 11, 1991.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Jeffords D. Miller, J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David G. Mersch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


The trial court sentenced appellant to two concurrent 27-year prison terms on the presumption that the sentence was within the guidelines range after being erroneously informed by the state at the sentencing hearing that the term conformed with a guideline sentence. No objection was made by the defendant at the hearing although the sentence exceeded the maximum guideline range by ten years.

Because the trial court did not realize it was imposing a departure sentence, the trial court must be given an opportunity to depart from the guidelines after remand for resentencing. Osterback v. State, 574 So.2d 327 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991); State v. Betancourt, 552 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 1989); Waldron v. State, 529 So.2d 772 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). The state concedes that, since the appellant committed his crimes prior to July 1, 1988, the permitted guidelines range should not be considered on remand. See Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure Re: Sentencing Guidelines (Rules 3.701 3.988), 522 So.2d 374 (Fla. 1988).

The appellant's other point on appeal is without merit.

Judgment AFFIRMED; sentence REVERSED; and cause REMANDED.

GRIFFIN and DIAMANTIS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hicks v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Apr 11, 1991
577 So. 2d 712 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

Hicks v. State

Case Details

Full title:CURTIS HICKS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Apr 11, 1991

Citations

577 So. 2d 712 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)