JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 96-2959.

697 So.2d 1245 (1997)

John Makario JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Angela Shelley, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant presents only one issue. He claims that he received an improper upward departure sentence because the sole reason given for the departure had already been taken into account in computing his guidelines score. However, as the state correctly points out, appellant was sentenced after the effective date of the amendments to chapter 924, Florida Statutes. Ch. 96-248, at 953, Laws of Fla. Notwithstanding this fact,...

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