Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nelson CRUZ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-05-17
Citations: 635 So. 2d 1089
Docket Number: No. 94-338
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nelson CRUZ, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 635
Pages: 1089–1089

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nelson CRUZ, Appellee.
No. 94-338.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 17, 1994.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Paulette R. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Julie M. Levitt, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
Appellee correctly concedes that because the trial court did not provide contemporaneous written reasons for a downward departure sentence, the sentence must be vacated and this case remanded to the trial court. At that time, the trial court may resentence the appellee within the sentencing guidelines, or allow him to withdraw his plea. Smith v. State, 598 So.2d 1063 (Fla.1992); State v. Molina, 600 So.2d 41 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), appeal dismissed, 614 So.2d 503 (Fla.1993).
Sentence vacated and remanded for further proceedings.