Case Name: Ricky J. PAYNE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-11-13
Citations: 498 So. 2d 413
Docket Number: No. 68180
Parties: Ricky J. PAYNE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: McDonald, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 498
Pages: 413–414

Head Matter:
Ricky J. PAYNE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 68180.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Nov. 13, 1986.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 5,1987.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, and P. Douglas Brink-meyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, and Kenneth Muszynski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is a petition to review Payne v. State, 480 So.2d 202 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), in which the district court held that the trial court did not err in considering Payne's habitual offender status as a reason for departure from sentencing guidelines. We find conflict with Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla.1986). While .we approve Payne's conviction, we remand to the district court with directions to return this cause to the trial court for resentencing consistent with Whitehead.
It is so ordered.
McDonald, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.
OVERTON, J., dissents with an opinion.
We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.