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Stokes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 9, 1988
527 So. 2d 216 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 86-2098.

February 9, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Arthur I. Snyder, J.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and N. Joseph Durant, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


Upon the State's confession of error, the sentence of the defendant is reversed and the cause remanded to the trial court with directions that the trial court resentence the defendant to a term of years no greater than that permitted by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(14). The trial court's basis for an upward departure from the guidelines was its conclusion that the defendant committed the crimes for which he was charged and acquitted. Such a basis, as the State has candidly conceded, is erroneous. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(11); Tyner v. State, 491 So.2d 1228 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Mora v. State, 484 So.2d 621 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Stokes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 9, 1988
527 So. 2d 216 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Stokes v. State

Case Details

Full title:DARRYL T. STOKES, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 9, 1988

Citations

527 So. 2d 216 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)