Title: Bryan K. Edmondson v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No.  SC99-101
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BRYAN K. EDMONDSON,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[November 16, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Edmondson v. State, 745 So. 2d 533 (Fla. 1st DCA
1999), a decision of the First District Court of Appeal citing as controlling authority
its opinion in Butler v. State, 723 So. 2d 865 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998), quashed, 761
So. 2d 319 (Fla. 2000).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.  
The issue in this case involves the trial court's failure to comply with the
statutory requirement to file written reasons for imposing a departure sentence.  See
Edmondson, 745 So. 2d at 533.  This case is governed by our opinion in Maddox
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v. State, 760 So. 2d 89 (Fla. 2000).  In Maddox, we determined that a trial court's
failure to file statutorily required reasons for a departure sentence constitutes
fundamental error that can be corrected on direct appeal for those appeals that fall
within the window period.  760 So. 2d at 106-08.  Accordingly, we quash the
decision below and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Direct Conflict
First District - Case No. 1D98-3856 
(Bay County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender,
Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and James W. Rogers, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent