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Bobby HODGES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 94-500.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Nov. 10, 1994.
    James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Lyle Hitchens, Asst. Public Defender, Dayto-na Beach, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

We affirm Bobby Hodges’ convictions; however, we must vacate Hodges’ sentences on the authority of State v. Davis, 630 So.2d 1059 (Fla.1994). Because the trial court did not realize that it was imposing a departure sentence, on remand, the court can impose a departure sentence as long as proper contemporaneous written reasons are provided. See State v. Betancourt, 552 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 1989).

Convictions AFFIRMED; sentences VACATED and cause REMANDED.

GOSHORN, PETERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.