GUNTHER, Judge.
William Dana Johnson appeals his sentence of 17 years contending that the trial court erred in the upward departure from the guidelines sentence of 5 1/2 to 7 years.
Appellant correctly contends that the trial court erred in failing to reduce to writing its reasons for the upward departure from the sentencing guidelines. A trial court has two options when finding a departure is warranted. "[T]he trial court can impose a departure sentence by...
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