Costantino v. State

Decision Date09 March 1988
Docket NumberNo. 87-0740,87-0740
Citation521 So.2d 338,13 Fla. L. Weekly 638
Parties13 Fla. L. Weekly 638 Robert COSTANTINO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Lawrence L. Korda, judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the conviction of the defendant. However, we reverse and remand for resentencing to score the defendant's conviction for two counts of aggravated assault as third degree felonies. See Griffin v. State, 509 So.2d 980 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). Also, on remand the trial court should set forth written reasons for any departure from the guideline sentence. Boynton v. State, 473 So.2d 703 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1029, 106 S.Ct. 1232, 89 L.Ed.2d 341 (1986).

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING.

GLICKSTEIN, GUNTHER and STONE, JJ., concur.

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