Case Name: Geraldine WADE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-10-21
Citations: 513 So. 2d 1358
Docket Number: No. 86-878
Parties: Geraldine WADE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and FRANK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 513
Pages: 1358–1358

Head Matter:
Geraldine WADE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-878.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 21, 1987.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and A. Anne Owens, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant, Geraldine Wade, seeks review of the trial court's judgment and sentence. We affirm the judgment, but reverse the sentence imposed.
The trial court departed from the recommended guidelines range based solely upon the appellant's classification as a habitual offender. Subsequent to the trial court's imposition of sentence, the Florida Supreme Court held that a defendant's habitual offender status is an improper reason to depart from the sentencing guidelines. See Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla.1986).
We, accordingly, reverse the trial court's sentence and remand for resentencing within the recommended guidelines range. We affirm in all other respects.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and FRANK, JJ., concur.