THOMPSON v. STATE

No. BE-444.

478 So.2d 462 (1985)

Johnnie Blaine THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry N. Silverman of Silverman & Silverman, P.A., Gainesville, for appellant.

John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

We review a final order of the trial court adjudicating appellant guilty of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and sentencing him to seven years imprisonment, followed by twelve years probation. Appellant argues that the trial court failed to set forth sufficient clear and convincing reasons for departing from the sentencing guidelines. We agree and reverse.

On November 9, 1984, appellant and a codefendant were charged in an eight-count information...

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