Case Name: Michael COLLETON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-05-05
Citations: 618 So. 2d 316
Docket Number: No. 92-00408
Parties: Michael COLLETON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALTENBERND and BLUE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 618
Pages: 316–317

Head Matter:
Michael COLLETON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-00408.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
May 5, 1993.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Julius Aulisio, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carl R. Hayes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
FRANK, Acting Chief Judge.
Michael Colleton appeals from a departure sentence composed of two concurrent five year prison terms imposed upon him following the revocation of his probation for two separate counts of possession of cocaine and one count of carrying a concealed firearm. We find it was error for the trial court to depart from the guidelines based upon "the timing, rapid succession, and number of violations of supervision." Each of the foregoing reasons for departure has been rejected by the supreme court. Williams v. State, 594 So.2d 273 (Fla.1992); State v. Simpson, 554 So.2d 506 (Fla.1989). Upon revoking probation, the trial court is confined to a single cell increase for each violation. Williams. The state contends that Colleton committed four violations of probation thus rendering the error harmless because his five year sentences represent a four cell enhancement from the original guidelines cell. We reject the state's view. The record describes only three violations; thus we deem the error harmful. See Friedly v. State, 616 So.2d 120 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993).
Reversed and remanded for resentencing within the guidelines.
ALTENBERND and BLUE, JJ., concur.