Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Dirk Deon SMITH a/k/a John McKenny, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-01-31
Citations: 541 So. 2d 1224
Docket Number: No. 88-2064
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Dirk Deon SMITH a/k/a John McKenny, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 541
Pages: 1224–1224

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Dirk Deon SMITH a/k/a John McKenny, Appellee.
No. 88-2064.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 31, 1989.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal by the state from a sentence which departs downwards from the sentencing guidelines. The defendant concedes that the sentence under review must be reversed because the trial court gave no written reasons for departing from the sentencing guidelines, and that the cause must be remanded for the entry of such written reasons. We agree. State v. Jackson, 478 So.2d 1054 (Fla.1985); State v. Vickery, 536 So.2d 380 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); State v. Wayda, 533 So.2d 939 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. McDavid, 532 So. 2d 1125 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. Adams, 528 So.2d 548 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. Frederick, 525 So.2d 491 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. Wilson, 523 So.2d 178 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Daughtry v. State, 521 So.2d 208 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. denied, 528 So.2d 1181 (Fla.1988).
The sentence under review is therefore reversed, and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to: (1) provide written reasons for the subject sentencing guidelines departure, or (2) sentence the defendant within the sentencing guidelines.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.