Case Name: David COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-05-20
Citations: 507 So. 2d 740
Docket Number: No. 86-1873
Parties: David COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, A.C.J., and SCHOONOVER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 507
Pages: 740–741

Head Matter:
David COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-1873.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
May 20, 1987.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and D.P. Chanco, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
HALL, Judge.
Appellant David Cox appeals his judgment and sentence for resisting a law enforcement officer with force. Appellant raises several issues in this appeal, but we find merit only in his contention that the trial court erred in departing from the sentencing guidelines when imposing sentence upon him.
The trial court wrote as its sole reason for departure that appellant had been classified as a habitual offender. Habitual offender status is an invalid reason for departure from the sentencing guidelines. Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla. 1986).
Accordingly, this case is remanded for resentencing within the guidelines. Affirmed in all other respects.
RYDER, A.C.J., and SCHOONOVER, J., concur.