ALFORD v. STATE

No. AX-315.

460 So.2d 1000 (1984)

William ALFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Michael J. Minerva, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Gregory G. Costas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Alford challenges his eighteen-month sentence, arguing that the trial court's reasons for departing from the recommended guideline sentence are not clear and convincing. We agree and reverse.

In departing from the recommended range, the court merely checked off four reasons from a laundry list of mitigating and aggravating circumstances. Those four reasons were:

9. No pretense of moral...

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