PER CURIAM.
The petitioner, Charles Johnson, seeks a writ of habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We grant the petition and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.
In the instant case, although the petitioner's trial counsel correctly argued that a departure from the sentencing guidelines cannot be based on prior offenses for which no conviction was obtained, the trial court nonetheless entered a departure sentence.
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