Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Raymond EAVES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-06-04
Citations: 674 So. 2d 908
Docket Number: No. 95-3820
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Raymond EAVES, Appellee.
Judges: MICKLE and LAWRENCE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 674
Pages: 908–909

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Raymond EAVES, Appellee.
No. 95-3820.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 4, 1996.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Jean-Jaeques A. Darius, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Darla Jean Christopher of Brown and Christopher, Starke, for Appellee.

Opinion:
ALLEN, Judge.
The state appeals departure sentences which were imposed under the Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.702 sentencing guidelines without a written statement delineating the reasons for departure as required by rule 3.702(d)(18) and section 921.0016(l)(c), Florida Statutes (1993). Although the court reviewed the guidelines scoresheet and initially indicated that a recommended guidelines sentence would be imposed, the court thereafter ascertained that the appellee was being sentenced in connection with a third degree felony and imposed the lesser maximum sentences authorized therefor under section 775.082(3)(d), Florida Statutes (1993). However, section 921.001(5), Florida Statutes (1993) provides that:
If a recommended sentence exceeds the maximum sentence otherwise authorized by s. 775.082, the sentence under the guidelines must be imposed, absent a departure.
See also § 921.0014(1), Fla.Stat. (1993). Because the court improperly imposed departure sentences without the required written statement, the sentences are vacated and the case is remanded for resentencing. See Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla.1990). In accordance with Pope and section 921.001(5), on remand the court must impose sentences within the presumptive range under the guidelines.
MICKLE and LAWRENCE, JJ., concur.