COX v. STATE

No. 86-1873.

507 So.2d 740 (1987)

David COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and D.P. Chanco, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HALL, Judge.

Appellant David Cox appeals his judgment and sentence for resisting a law enforcement officer with force. Appellant raises several issues in this appeal, but we find merit only in his contention that the trial court erred in departing from the sentencing guidelines when imposing sentence upon him.

The trial court wrote as its sole reason for departure that appellant had been classified as a habitual offender. Habitual offender status is an invalid...

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