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:
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