Case Name: Christian Daniel MASSARD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-03-26
Citations: 504 So. 2d 403
Docket Number: No. 69173
Parties: Christian Daniel MASSARD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: McDonald, C.J„ and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 504
Pages: 403–404

Head Matter:
Christian Daniel MASSARD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 69173.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 26, 1987.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard G. Bartmon, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
BARKETT, Justice.
We took jurisdiction of Massard v. State, 501 So.2d 1289 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986), because of express and direct conflict with Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 868 (Fla.1986). Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
The Fourth District, in its opinion below, held that habitual offender status was a sufficient reason to depart from the guidelines. We subsequently held that this is not a permissible reason to depart. Whitehead, 498 So.2d at 867. Since the district court remanded for resentencing and the trial court now has the benefit of our decision in Whitehead, there is no need for our review.
Accordingly, the petition for review is dismissed.
It is so ordered.
McDonald, C.J" and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.