Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Edward BRADY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-01-12
Citations: 517 So. 2d 794
Docket Number: Nos. 86-3204, 86-3207
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Edward BRADY, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 517
Pages: 794–794

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Edward BRADY, Appellee.
Nos. 86-3204, 86-3207.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 12, 1988.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Thomas G. Murray, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon the defendant's confession of error, the sentences imposed in this case, which departed downward from the sentencing guidelines, are reversed because there is no evidentiary support for either of the two reasons given by the trial court to justify the said departure, see State v. Chesney, 509 So.2d 380, 381 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987); Mitchell v. State, 507 So.2d 686, 688 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987); Medlock v. State, 489 So.2d 848, 849 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986), and the cause is therefore remanded to the trial court with directions (a) to allow the defendant, if he chooses, to withdraw his guilty plea to the charges against him inasmuch as he entered such a plea on the express condition that he would receive the sentence which we are reversing today, see State v. Thomas, 516 So.2d 1058 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); State v. Williams, 515 So.2d 1051 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); State v. Johnson, 512 So.2d 1116 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) or (b) to resentence the defendant within the sentencing guidelines if the defendant elects not to withdraw his guilty plea.
Reversed and remanded.