Case Name: Bobby Lamar REASE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-02-18
Citations: 485 So. 2d 5
Docket Number: No. BF-11
Parties: Bobby Lamar REASE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ZEHMER and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 485
Pages: 5–6

Head Matter:
Bobby Lamar REASE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. BF-11.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 18, 1986.
Rehearing Denied March 13, 1986.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Larry G. Bryant, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
THOMPSON, Judge.
Rease appeals his 10-year sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, contending that the trial judge failed to give clear and convincing reasons for his decision to depart from the recommended guidelines sentencing range of community control or 12 to 30 months incarceration. We reverse and remand for resentencing.
Among the reasons given by the trial judge for imposing a sentence exceeding that recommended by the guidelines were that the shotgun found in appellant's possession had been stolen, and that appellant had attempted to escape while being transported to the sentencing hearing. Although there was evidence tending to support the finding that the shotgun had been stolen, it appears that at the time of sentencing the appellant had not been convicted of the theft or of any related crime. Similarly, while there was evidence to support the finding that appellant had attempted to escape, no conviction for the crime of attempting to escape had been obtained. Thus the trial judge's consideration of the fact that the shotgun had been stolen, and of the fact that appellant attempted to escape, was improper. Rule 3.701(d)(ll), Fla. R.Crim.P. Because we are not persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt that the sentence would have been the same had the trial judge not relied on these invalid reasons for departure, we reverse and remand for resentencing. Albritton v. State, 476 So.2d 158 (Fla.1985).
ZEHMER and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.