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583 So. 2d 410

Cintron v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1991-07-31

Relies on 515 So. 2d 748 - Shull v. Dugger · Wyche v. State · 563 So. 2d 180 - Owens v. State

Decided 1991-07-31

PER CURIAM.

¶1Juan Cintron pled nolo contendere to a charge of possession of contraband in a state correctional institution.

¶2As conceded by the state, the trial court erred in scoring the defendant's prior conviction for first degree murder as a capital felony upon defendant’s sentencing guidelines scoresheet. See Section 921.001(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1989); Stuart v. State, 536 So.2d 363 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988).

¶3Finally, we disagree with the state that the trial court can now depart upward from the sentencing guideline sentence. This is so because here there was a negotiated plea agreement between the parties to limit the sentence. Moreover, there was no departure originally and the trial court cannot now undertake to depart citing new reasons. See Shull v. Dugger, 515 So.2d 748 (Fla.1987); Wyche v. State, 576 So.2d 884 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); Owens v. State, 563 So.2d 180 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).

¶4REVERSED AND REMANDED.

GLICKSTEIN, C.J., ANSTEAD, J., and JAMES H. WALDEN, Senior Judge, concur.
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