STATE v. RICHARDSON

No. 88-0497.

536 So.2d 1193 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Sam RICHARDSON, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The state challenges the sentence imposed upon appellee pursuant to a plea bargain. The sentence, which constituted a downward departure from the sentencing guidelines, was not accompanied by written reasons for the departure. We reverse, following State v. Johnson, 512 So.2d 1116 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), and remand to permit the trial court to provide written reasons for the departure, State v. Chaney,

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