It has become axiomatic under Florida sentencing law that a court may not depart from the guidelines without providing timely filed written reasons. Here, by supporting the departure only with oral reasons at the sentencing hearing, the trial court erroneously imposed a sentence one and one-half years in excess of the guidelines. Ree v. State,
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GUERRA v. STATE
No. 92-2485.
623 So.2d 610 (1993)
Cherokee GUERRA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 3, 1993.
September 3, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and S.C. VanVoorhees, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Bonnie Jean Parrish, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
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