PER CURIAM.
The State appeals from a court-offered sentence which departed downward from the applicable sentencing guidelines. The sole written reason for the trial court's guideline departure was: "small quantity [of] contraband." We reverse and remand for resentencing.
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the quantity of drugs involved in a crime is not a proper reason to support departure from the sentencing guidelines. Atwaters v. State,
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