Case Name: Charles JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., as Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, and The State of Florida, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-03-18
Citations: 708 So. 2d 321
Docket Number: No. 97-3284
Parties: Charles JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., as Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, and The State of Florida, Respondents.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 708
Pages: 321–321

Head Matter:
Charles JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., as Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, and The State of Florida, Respondents.
No. 97-3284.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 18, 1998.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Louis Campbell, Assistant Public Defender, for petitioner.
Robert A Butterworth, Attorney General, and Maya Saxena, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.
Before JORGENSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The petitioner, Charles Johnson, seeks a writ of habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We grant the petition and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.
In the instant ease, although the petitioner's trial counsel correctly argued that a departure from the sentencing guidelines cannot be based on prior offenses for which no conviction was obtained, the trial court nonetheless entered a departure sentence. See State v. Tyner, 506 So.2d 405, 406 (Fla.1987). Because the petitioner's appellate counsel failed to raise this issue on appeal, we agree with the petitioner that he was denied effective assistance of appellate counsel. Accordingly, we grant the petition and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.
Petition granted; remanded for resentenc-ing.