Opinion

Brown v. State

  • 659 So. 2d 493
  • 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 9250
  • 1995 WL 516470
Court
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Filed
Sep 1, 1995
Status
Published
On the bench
Harris, Peterson, Sharp
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 0.5%

The opinion

PER CURIAM.

The original sentence in this case was a sentence of community control and incarceration when the recommended guideline range was community control or incarceration. We reversed on the basis of State v. Davis, 630 So.2d 1059 (Fla.1994), and remanded for re-sentencing.

At resentencing, although the guideline sentence in this ease permitted a maximum of three and one-half years incarceration, the court sentenced Brown to four years in prison without providing written reasons.

The State seeks to justify the sentence because it alleges that Brown violated his previously imposed community control. We are doubtful, however, that one can violate an invalidly imposed sentence of community control. In any event, there is nothing in the record (such as a revised scoresheet) that indicates such intention on the part of the court.

REVERSED and REMANDED for re-sentencing within the guideline range.

PETERSON, C.J., and W. SHARP and HARRIS, JJ., concur.

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