RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.
Once again, we are called upon to review a departure from the sentencing guidelines' presumptive sentence. Once again, we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing because the trial judge based the departure on invalid reasons.
The trial judge listed three reasons for departure. The first reason stated, "Crimes and prior record are in the majority, crimes involving violence against persons and sexual batteries of one type or...
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