Case Name: Johnnie ROBERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-04-15
Citations: 596 So. 2d 1250
Docket Number: No. 91-1054
Parties: Johnnie ROBERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and GARRETT, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 596
Pages: 1250–1251

Head Matter:
Johnnie ROBERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-1054.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 15, 1992.
Rehearing Denied May 19, 1992.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
FRANK, RICHARD H., Associate Judge.
Johnnie Roberson has appealed from his convictions and sentences for attempted second degree murder with a firearm and aggravated battery with a firearm. We have considered all of his contentions and have concluded that only one has merit. In sentencing the defendant to consecutive sentences of twenty and fifteen years, the trial judge exceeded the permitted range of seven to twenty-two years without stating written reasons for departure. We find no merit in the state's argument that the judge did not know he was imposing a guidelines departure sentence. Therefore, upon remand the trial court must sentence the defendant to a term within the guidelines permitted range. Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla.1990).
Accordingly, we affirm Roberson's convictions but reverse the sentences and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.
GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and GARRETT, J., concur.