STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 66552.

486 So.2d 536 (1986)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, Cross-Respondent, v. Herman JOHNSON, Jr., Respondent, Cross-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Thomas H. Bateman, III, and Patricia Conners, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner, cross-respondent.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Carl S. McGinnes, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondent, cross-petitioner.


McDONALD, Justice.

On appeal from his conviction and sentence for armed robbery of a Winn Dixie store, the district court vacated Johnson's sentence and remanded for resentencing because the trial court failed to provide written reasons for departing from the recommended sentence. Johnson v. State, 462 So.2d 49 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).* We recently held that reasons for departure must be in writing...

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