Case Name: James RODDENBERRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-01-04
Citations: 646 So. 2d 854
Docket Number: No. 94-0644
Parties: James RODDENBERRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, FARMER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 646
Pages: 854–854

Head Matter:
James RODDENBERRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-0644.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 4, 1995.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melvina Racey Flaherty, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, James Roddenberry, appeals from an adult sentence rendered after he pled guilty to two counts of selling marijuana. Roddenberry was a juvenile at the time the offenses were committed. Appellant argues, and the state concedes, that the trial court erred in sentencing him as an adult without making the mandatory written factual findings concerning the suitability of adult sanctions required by section 39.059(7), Florida Statutes (1993). The importance of setting out the criteria in section 39.059(7) was recently reiterated by the Supreme Court of Florida in Troutman v. State, 630 So.2d 528 (Fla.1993).
Accordingly, appellant's sentence is vacated and the case remanded for further proceedings.
STONE, FARMER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.