STATE v. ROUSSEAU

No. 68973.

509 So.2d 281 (1987)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Edward Leon ROUSSEAU, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Maria Ines Suber and Gary L. Printy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, and Ann Cocheu, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent.


EHRLICH, Justice.

We have for our review Rousseau v. State, 489 So.2d 828 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), wherein the district court certified the following question of great public importance:

WHEN AN APPELLATE COURT FINDS THAT A SENTENCING COURT, IN DEPARTING FROM THE PRESUMPTIVE GUIDELINES SENTENCE, RELIED UPON A REASON WITHIN THE THREE CATEGORIES CONDEMNED IN STATE v. MISCHLER, 488 So.2d 523

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