Summary
In Wiedeman, a case that predated the 1987 amendment to section 958.04(3), permitting the state to appeal a guidelines departure sentence imposed under the Act, the fifth district reversed a youthful offender sentence of four years incarceration followed by ten years probation.
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No. 86-1602.
April 16, 1987. Rehearing Denied May 14, 1987.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Orange County, Michael F. Cycmanick, J.
Roger B. Butcher of Benitez Butcher, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ellen D. Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
Appellant's sentence under section 958.04, Florida Statutes (1985), the Youthful Offender Statute, of four years incarceration followed by ten years probation, with the first two years of the probationary period to be served on community control, is improper because (1) it violates the six year limitation provided in that statute and (2) because it was a downward departure from the recommended guidelines sentence of four and one-half to five and one-half years incarceration and clear and convincing written reasons for such departure were not provided by the trial court as required by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(11) for a departure sentence. See State v. Evans, 503 So.2d 985 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987).
Appellant's sentence is vacated and the cause is remanded for the imposition of a guidelines sentence or a proper departure sentence.
SENTENCE VACATED; CAUSE REMANDED.
ORFINGER, SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.