Case Name: Therion C. FRIERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-11-02
Citations: 550 So. 2d 1192
Docket Number: No. 88-2142
Parties: Therion C. FRIERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: COBB, J., and HARRIS, Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 550
Pages: 1192–1192

Head Matter:
Therion C. FRIERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-2142.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Nov. 2, 1989.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Kenneth Witts, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Laura Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
DANIEL, Chief Judge.
On appeal, the defendant contends that his departure sentence is invalid because the trial court failed to set forth written reasons for the departure. It is reversible error to impose a departure sentence under the sentencing guidelines without an accompanying written statement delineating the reasons for departure. State v. Jackson, 478 So.2d 1054 (Fla.1985), receded from on other grounds, Wilkerson v. State, 513 So.2d 664 (Fla.1987); McCaskell v. State, 542 So.2d 461 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989). Accordingly, we affirm the defendant's conviction for burglary, reverse his sentence and remand with directions that the trial judge either resentence the defendant within the range of the recommended sentencing guidelines or set forth in writing clear and convincing reasons for departure.
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part and REMANDED.
COBB, J., and HARRIS, Associate Judge, concur.