Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Edward WOJTOWICZ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-03-22
Citations: 576 So. 2d 894
Docket Number: No. 89-02829
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Edward WOJTOWICZ, Appellee.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, C.J., and RYDER and CAMPBELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 576
Pages: 894–895

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Edward WOJTOWICZ, Appellee.
No. 89-02829.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 22, 1991.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carol M. Dittmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Kevin Briggs, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The state has appealed the trial court's downward departure from the sentencing guidelines when imposing sentence upon the appellant for robbery and resisting an officer with violence. The state's contention that the court failed to provide written reasons to support the departure sentence is without merit. While departure reasons are often written on the guidelines score-sheet, there is no requirement that the reasons only be written at that location. In this case, the court wrote the departure reason on the sentence. The departure reason given, specifically, the appellant's severe drug problem and amenability to rehabilitation, is valid. Herrin v. State, 568 So.2d 920 (Fla.1990).
Affirmed.
SCHOONOVER, C.J., and RYDER and CAMPBELL, JJ., concur.