JONES v. STATE

No. 74004.

559 So.2d 204 (1990)

Johnnie Lee JONES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Margaret Good, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joan Fowler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Jones v. State, 540 So.2d 245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989) [Jones III], in which the district court affirmed a departure sentence imposed on remand. The underlying issue concerns the authority of the sentencing judge, in a resentencing proceeding, to depart from the recommended guidelines sentence. We accepted jurisdiction because of direct conflict with Harrison v. State,

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