Case Name: Kim PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-11-02
Citations: 550 So. 2d 1189
Docket Number: No. 88-1972
Parties: Kim PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: COWART and GOSHORN, JJ., and HARRIS, Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 550
Pages: 1189–1190

Head Matter:
Kim PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-1972.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Nov. 2, 1989.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Paula C. Coffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant was sentenced on a drug charge after violating probation. The reason given for imposing a departure sentence was that the defendant violated his probation by selling drugs. Upon a violation of probation, the sentencing court may sentence the defendant only within a one cell upward increase from the original guideline range (Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701d.l4.) and factors relating to the violation of probation or community control cannot be used as grounds for departure from the recommended guideline sentence range. See, Franklin v. State, 545 So.2d 851 (Fla.1989); Lambert v. State, 545 So.2d 838 (Fla.1989). See also Dewberry v. State, 546 So.2d 409 (Fla.1989); Branton v. State, 548 So.2d 882 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).
The departure sentence is vacated and the cause is remanded for resentencing.
SENTENCE VACATED; REMANDED.
COWART and GOSHORN, JJ., and HARRIS, Associate Judge, concur.