Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Peter Norman FRASER, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-08-10
Citations: 564 So. 2d 1262
Docket Number: No. 89-03256
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Peter Norman FRASER, Appellee.
Judges: DANAHY, A.C.J., and PATTERSON, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 564
Pages: 1262–1262

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Peter Norman FRASER, Appellee.
No. 89-03256.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 10, 1990.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellee.

Opinion:
FRANK, Judge.
The state challenges the downward guidelines departure sentence imposed upon the appellee, Peter Fraser. The state alleges and Fraser concedes, that the trial court failed to provide written reasons justifying the downward departure. Recently, in Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla.1990), the Florida Supreme Court held that upon remand for failure to provide written reasons, the trial court must resentence the offender within the recommended guidelines range. Although Pope was an upward departure, this court, in State v. Cook, 15 F.L.W. 1822 (Fla.2d DCA July 13, 1990), applied Pope in a downward departure setting.
We must, therefore, reverse Fraser's sentence and remand for resentencing, pursuant to the guidelines. In all other aspects, this matter is affirmed.
DANAHY, A.C.J., and PATTERSON, J., concur.