Case Name: Samuel ALBURY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-03-10
Citations: 503 So. 2d 460
Docket Number: No. 86-769
Parties: Samuel ALBURY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 503
Pages: 460–461

Head Matter:
Samuel ALBURY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-769.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 10, 1987.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court departed from the recommended guidelines sentence of two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half years imprisonment and sentenced Albury to ten years imprisonment upon a finding that Albury was a habitual offender. In Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla.1986), decided after the trial court imposed sentence on Albury, the Florida Supreme Court held that the habitual offender statute, § 775.084, Fla.Stat. (1985), is neither an alternative to guidelines sentencing nor an adequate reason for departure from the recommended guidelines sentence. Whitehead thus compels reversal of the sentence and a remand for resentencing within the recommended guidelines.
Reversed and remanded.