FULMER, Judge.
The defendant appeals an upward departure sentence imposed because he failed to turn himself in to commence serving a previously imposed sentence. We reverse because the trial court was without authority to resentence the defendant to a departure sentence as a sanction for the failure to appear.
On September 26, 1994, the defendant pleaded no contest to various criminal charges and was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment in accordance with the...
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