STATE v. SMITH

No. 88-2064.

541 So.2d 1224 (1989)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Dirk Deon SMITH a/K/a John McKenny, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the state from a sentence which departs downwards from the sentencing guidelines. The defendant concedes that the sentence under review must be reversed because the trial court gave no written reasons for departing from the sentencing guidelines, and that the cause must be remanded for the entry of such written reasons. We agree. State v. Jackson, 478 So.2d 1054 (Fla. 1985); State v. Vickery...

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