Case Name: Danny FOSTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-07-15
Citations: 491 So. 2d 328
Docket Number: No. BF-75
Parties: Danny FOSTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MILLS and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 491
Pages: 328–328

Head Matter:
Danny FOSTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. BF-75.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 15, 1986.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender; and Glenna Joyce Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
NIMMONS, Judge.
This is an appeal from the trial court's imposition of consecutive sentences which departed from the sentencing guidelines. We reverse and remand for resentencing.
Appellant pled guilty to two counts of issuing worthless checks and received one year of probation. Thereafter, appellant violated his probation and was sentenced to thirty months incarceration on each count to run consecutively for a total of sixty months. The recommended guidelines sentence was twelve to thirty months.
It is well-established that while a separate sentence must be imposed for each offense, the total sentence cannot exceed the total guidelines sentence unless a written reason for departure is given. White v. State, 489 So.2d 115 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Carter v. State, 483 So.2d 740 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(12). In the present case, no written reason for departure was given by the trial judge.
Accordingly, the sentences are vacated and the cause is remanded for resentencing in accordance with the sentencing guidelines unless a clear and convincing reason for departure is stated in writing. Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.701(d)(ll).
MILLS and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.