RAUL JIMENEZ A/K/A JOSE MATEO, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1987-05-12
No. 86-1560
Per Curiam
506 So. 2d 1165 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1987)

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Synopsis

The court affirmed the probation revocation but reversed the sentence because the trial judge relied on invalid reasons for departing from the presumptive sentence, requiring resentencing.


Holding

A trial court's departure from a presumptive sentence based partly on invalid reasons requires reversal and resentencing when the appellate court cannot be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the same sentence would have been imposed regardless.


Headnotes

[1] When a trial court departs from a presumptive sentence based on both valid and invalid reasons, reversal and resentencing are required if the appellate court cannot be co…

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Appellant's probation was revoked and he was sentenced with a departure from the presumptive sentence.…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal; we find a sufficient factual basis to support the trial court’s revocation of the appellant’s probation. See Evans v. State, 427 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Kord v. State, 361 So. 2d 800 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). However, we do find a sentencing error. In imposing sentence in the instant case, the trial judge departed from the presumptive sentence for several invalid reasons, see Keyes v. State, 500 So. 2d 134 (Fla.1986); Lerma v. State, 497 So. 2d 736 (Fla.1986); Williams v. State, 492 So. 2d 1308 (Fla.1986); Scurry v. State, 489 So. 2d 25 (Fla.1986); Hankey v. State, 485 So. 2d 827 (Fla.1986); Hendsbee v. State, 497 So. 2d 718 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Chandler v. State, 490 So. 2d 221 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986), as well as some valid reasons. Since we are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that notwithstanding the trial court's reliance on these invalid reasons for departure it would have imposed the same sentence, we reverse the sentence imposed and return for resentencing. See Casteel v. State, 498 So. 2d 1249 (Fla.1986); Albritton v. State, 476 So. 2d 158 (Fla.1985).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment but reverse the sentence and remand for resentencing consistent herewith.

Affirmed in part, reversed and remanded with directions.


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