Case Name: Jeffery Lamar RIDGEWAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-05-10
Citations: 543 So. 2d 339
Docket Number: No. 88-380
Parties: Jeffery Lamar RIDGEWAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 543
Pages: 339–340

Head Matter:
Jeffery Lamar RIDGEWAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-380.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 10, 1989.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender an P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Bradley R. Bischoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
ERVIN, Judge.
It was error for the trial judge to impose a departure sentence without providing written reasons therefor. State v. Hill, 492 So.2d 1072 (Fla.1986); Boynton v. State, 473 So.2d 703 (Fla. 4th DCA), approved, 478 So.2d 351 (1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1029, 106 S.Ct. 1232, 89 L.Ed.2d 341 (1986). We therefore REVERSE and REMAND with directions to resentence within the guidelines or provide written reasons for departure.
BOOTH and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.
. Appellant was sentenced to three consecutive split sentences consisting of three-year incarcer-ative terms followed by probationary terms of two years. The recommended guideline sentence was three years' incarceration.