Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1996

State v. Sherrill

State v. Sherrill
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 14, 1996 · Fletcher, Goderich, Green
678 So. 2d 7; 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 8661; 1996 WL 464090 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Sherrill

Opinion of the Court

CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

As the defendant properly concedes, a below guidelines departure sentence that lacks contemporaneous written reasons for departure must be remanded for resentencing within the guidelines. Jones v. State, 639 So.2d 28, 29 (Fla. 1994); Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla. 1990). On remand, however, the trial court must give the defendant the opportunity to withdraw his plea. State v. Gordon, 645 So.2d 140 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994), review denied, 652 So.2d 816 (Fla. 1995); State v. Grononger, 615 So.2d 869 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

Reversed and remanded with directions.

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