Case Name: Justin SUMMERS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-09-19
Citations: 684 So. 2d 729
Docket Number: No. 87817
Parties: Justin SUMMERS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 684
Pages: 729–729

Head Matter:
Justin SUMMERS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 87817.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Sept. 19, 1996.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 10, 1996.
Justin Summers, Riverview, pro se.
Lossie Merritt, Miami, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Buttarworth, Attorney General and Roberta G. Mandel, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Respondent.

Opinion:
SHAW, Justice.
We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:
IS THE FAILURE OF THE TRIAL COURT TO ENTER THE WRITTEN FINDINGS REQUIRED BY SECTION 39.059(7)(C), FLORIDA STATUTES (1991) AND TROUTMAN V STATU, 680 So.2d 528 (Fla.1993) COGNIZIBLE COL-' LATERALLY?
Summers v. State, 670 So.2d 1111 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
In Troutman v. State, 630 So.2d 528 (Fla. 1993), we held that pursuant to the legislature's clear mandate, a trial court must consider each of the criteria of section 39.059(7)(c) before determining the suitability of adult sanctions and contemporaneously reduce its evaluation and findings to writing. Id. at 531. In Davis v. State, 661 So.2d 1193 (Fla.1995), we held that the trial court's failure to file contemporaneous written reasons for departing from a guideline sentence was not fundamental error and thus could not be raised for the first time on collateral review. Id. at 1197. We agree with the district court's reliance on Davis. The trial court's failure to comply with the statutory mandate is a sentencing error, not fundamental error, which must be raised on direct appeal or it is waived. Based on Davis, we answer the question in the negative and approve the decision below.
It is so ordered.
KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.