Case Name: Pedro CAPOTE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-06-02
Citations: 507 So. 2d 1191
Docket Number: No. 85-2527
Parties: Pedro CAPOTE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 507
Pages: 1191–1192

Head Matter:
Pedro CAPOTE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-2527.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 2, 1987.
Bennett Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Nancy C. Wear, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
On Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction
PER CURIAM.
Prior to Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla.1986), the trial judge deviated upward from the guidelines on the sole ground that the defendant had been declared a habitual offender under section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1985). In response to the brief of appellant, which raises this issue as the sole point on appeal, the state has filed a "motion to relinquish jurisdiction" to the trial court, which we take as a confession of error. Pursuant thereto, the sentence imposed below is reversed on the authority of Whitehead and the cause is remanded for appropriate re-sentencing.