BETANCOURT v. STATE

No. 88-245.

550 So.2d 1121 (1989)

Roberto L. BETANCOURT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Henry H. Harnage, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and COPE, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

Appellant youthful offender challenges his sentence on the ground that it exceeds the maximum permitted under the sentencing guidelines, without the required statement of reasons for departure. We agree that the sentence under review must be reversed.

Betancourt was convicted of armed robbery with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced as a youthful offender to a split sentence of four years' incarceration followed by two years of community control...

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