Case Name: Alex BRAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-10-15
Citations: 496 So. 2d 882
Docket Number: No. 85-2874
Parties: Alex BRAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LEHAN, A.C.J., and FRANK and SAND-ERLIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 496
Pages: 882–883

Head Matter:
Alex BRAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-2874.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 15, 1986.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine. We affirm the conviction because we find no reversible error to have been committed, but reverse the sentence and remand for resentencing.
The trial court departed from the recommended range of the sentencing guidelines and gave as grounds for that departure that defendant was an illegal alien and that the amount of cocaine possessed by defendant was "suggestive of dealing rather than mere possession." Both of these grounds violate Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(ll) because they punish defendant for offenses for which he was not convicted.
The conviction is affirmed, but the sentence is reversed and remanded for sentencing within the guidelines range.
LEHAN, A.C.J., and FRANK and SAND-ERLIN, JJ., concur.