Case ID: so2d_499/html/0864-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Hubert J. REYNOLDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 86-215.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Dec. 4, 1986.
    Rehearing Denied Jan. 8, 1987.
    Hubert J. Reynolds, pro se.
    Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
    James B. Gibson, Public Defender, James R. Wulchak, Asst. Public Defender, Dayto-na Beach, for appellant.
   DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a sentencing guidelines departure. The trial judge departed upwards because the defendant is an habitual offender. This is not a sufficient reason for departure. Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla.1986).

SENTENCE QUASHED; REVERSED.

UPCHURCH, C.J., and COBB, J., concur.