Case Name: Alvaro LUJAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-05-30
Citations: 543 So. 2d 1299
Docket Number: No. 87-2382
Parties: Alvaro LUJAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 543
Pages: 1299–1299

Head Matter:
Alvaro LUJAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-2382.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 30, 1989. .
Bennett H. Brammer, Public Defender, and Howard E. Landau, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Based upon our review of the record and the state's confession of error, we vacate the defendant's enhanced sentence. The defendant was convicted of attempted trafficking in cocaine. The guidelines score sheet recommended a sentence of any non-state prison sanction. After hearing arguments, the trial judge entered a sentence that departed upward from the guidelines. The sole basis for the upward departure was the quantity of drags involved in the crime. The quantity of drags involved in a crime may not be utilized as a proper reason to support departure from the sentencing guidelines. Atwaters v. State, 519 So.2d 611 (Fla.1988); see Cauthen v. State, 522 So.2d 374 (Fla.1988); State v. Stanley, 519 So.2d 613 (Fla.1988); Hernandez v. State, 538 So.2d 137 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989).
Accordingly, the sentence is vacated and the cause is remanded for resentencing.