Opinion
No. 92-1437.
February 17, 1993. Rehearing Denied April 1, 1993.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Robert B. Carney, Judge.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (Count I) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Count II). On Count I she was sentenced to five and a half years in prison with a three year mandatory minimum and a $50,000 fine. The sentence on Count II was suspended.
The judgments on Counts I and II are affirmed. The sentence on Count I, which departed from the sentencing guidelines without providing written reasons for the departure, is vacated and this cause is remanded for the purpose of resentencing on Count I.
Judgment affirmed, sentence vacated and remanded.
ANSTEAD and WARNER, JJ., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.