Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1989

Long v. State

Long v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 29, 1989 · Altenbernd, Patterson, Threadgill
540 So. 2d 258; 14 Fla. L. Weekly 819; 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1624; 1989 WL 29028 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Long v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm appellant’s convictions on all counts and his sentences for two counts of first degree murder.

We reverse appellant’s sentence for attempted first degree murder, because the trial court failed to use a sentencing guidelines scoresheet in sentencing appellant to 25 years imprisonment. Accordingly, we remand for preparation of a scoresheet and resentencing on the attempted first degree murder conviction. If, in the trial court’s discretion, it chooses to impose a departure sentence, it must give valid reasons for the departure.

THREADGILL, A.C.J., and PATTERSON and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.

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