Case Name: Gary D. DONAHUE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-02-06
Citations: 502 So. 2d 57
Docket Number: No. 85-2279
Parties: Gary D. DONAHUE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and FRANK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 502
Pages: 57–57

Head Matter:
Gary D. DONAHUE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-2279.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 6, 1987.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joel E. Grigsby, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph R. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Gary D. Donahue, appeals from the trial court's upward departure from the sentencing guidelines based upon the habitual offender statute, § 775.084, Fla.Stat. (1985). Sentencing pursuant to the habitual offender statute will not support departure from the guidelines. Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla.1986).
We affirm the conviction, vacate the sentence, and remand to the trial court for resentencing within the guidelines. The trial court may depart if there are valid reasons for departure other than treating Donahue as a habitual offender. See Bell v. State, 500 So.2d 217 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).
RYDER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and FRANK, JJ., concur.