STATE v. COOPER

Nos. 4-86-3175, 87-0010.

510 So.2d 1252 (1987)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Willie COOPER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

This appeal involves the consolidation of two criminal cases in both of which the defendant entered an open plea of guilty.

As to one of the cases, the judge at the sentencing hearing departed downward from the guidelines citing no reasons written or oral for so doing. This court has already relinquished jurisdiction once to remedy that omission, but it is now back before us without explanation and no action was taken.

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