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JORDAN v. STATE

No. 87-155.

528 So.2d 1308 (1988)

Abram Jerome JORDAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and A. Anne Owens, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The trial judge departed upward from the guidelines range in this case for the sole reason that appellant was found to be a habitual felony offender. In Whitehead v. State, 498 So.2d 863 (Fla. 1986), the supreme court held that habitual offender status cannot be used as a reason for departure from the guidelines. We, therefore, reverse the sentence herein and remand for resentencing within the suggested guidelines...

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