FLETCHER v. STATE

No. 85-1782.

508 So.2d 506 (1987)

Linford FLETCHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Curry, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Eddie J. Bell, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

The jury verdict found the defendant guilty of trafficking in cannabis and conspiracy to traffic in cannabis, whereupon the trial judge aggravated the defendant's sentence outside the guidelines. We reverse.

The judge gave three reasons in support of departure. They were:

1. That with regard to this particular crime, the defendant was "Mr. Big" and, as the judge remarked, "[i]t was his boat...

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