Case Name: Nathan McGRIFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-04-11
Citations: 578 So. 2d 374
Docket Number: No. 90-918
Parties: Nathan McGRIFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WIGGINTON and MINER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 578
Pages: 374–375

Head Matter:
Nathan McGRIFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-918.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 11, 1991.
Nancy Daniels, Public Defender and Abel Gomez, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHIVERS, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal of a sentence departing upward from the guidelines. We vacate the sentence and remand.
McGriff pled nolo contendere to three counts of violation of community control and one count of probation. The guideline score called for community control or 12-30 months incarceration. The trial judge departed from the guidelines and gave McGriff consecutive maximum sentences of 15 years imprisonment on the three counts of violation of community control and 5 years imprisonment on the violation of probation. This sentence totaled 50 years.
McGriff argues on appeal that departure beyond a one cell increase for violation of community control or probation is prohibited by Lambert v. State, 545 So.2d 838 (1989). Sellers v. State, 563 So.2d 214 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). State concedes McGriff is right, and we agree.
We vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing within the guidelines or with a one cell increase pursuant to Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(14).
WIGGINTON and MINER, JJ., concur.