RENDON v. STATE

No. 95-1267.

690 So.2d 645 (1997)

Oscar RENDON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Salnick and Ian J. Goldstein of Law Offices of Michael Salnick, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee; and Sharon A. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PARIENTE, Judge.

Defendant appeals his upward departure sentence, contending that the reasons advanced by the trial court were invalid. We reverse because the stated reasons constituted an impermissible basis for imposing a departure sentence.

Defendant pled guilty to the second degree felony of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death, section 316.027, Florida Statutes (1993), and to the first degree misdemeanor of obstruction of an officer...

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