Case Name: Ramon VARGAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-05-29
Citations: 561 So. 2d 476
Docket Number: No. 90-246
Parties: Ramon VARGAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before FERGUSON, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 561
Pages: 476–476

Head Matter:
Ramon VARGAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-246.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 29, 1990.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and N. Joseph Durant, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jorge Espinosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before FERGUSON, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
CONFESSION OP ERROR
PER CURIAM.
The State properly concedes that the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant. The defendant was found guilty of burglary of a structure and grand theft. The sentencing guidelines call for any nonstate prison sanction. The trial court, however, sentenced the defendant to three years in prison followed by five years probation on each count to run concurrently. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court stated that it exceeded the sentencing guidelines because during the course of the trial the defendant had allegedly committed grand theft. The defendant, however, had not been tried for this offense. Additionally, the trial court failed to enter a written order.
The sentencing guidelines expressly prohibit trial courts from considering offenses for which defendants have not yet been convicted. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(ll). Moreover, the guidelines require that any sentence outside of the guidelines must be accompanied by a written statement delineating the reasons for departure. Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.701(d)(ll). The trial court did not comply with Rule 3.701(d)(ll), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions to sentence the defendant within the sentencing guidelines.
FERGUSON and GODERICH, JJ., concur.