State v. Vickery, 536 So. 2d 380

PER CURIAM.

The state contends, and we agree, that the trial court erred in imposing a ‍‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍downward departure sentence without offering either oral or written reasons for its departure. See Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(11). We, therefore, reverse and remand with directions to resentence ‍‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍the defendant within the guidelines or to impose a departure sentence accompanied by written reasons for the departure. State v. McDavid, 532 So.2d 1125 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Daughtry v. State, 521 ‍‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍So.2d 208 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. denied, 528 So.2d 1181 (Fla. 1988).

REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Vickery

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Jan 3, 1989

Citations: 536 So. 2d 380; 1989 WL 138; 88-1502

Docket Number: 88-1502

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.