LEHAN, Judge.
Defendant appeals the upward departure sentence of 45 years imprisonment he received upon revocation of his probation. We agree with his argument that the trial court erred in departing upwards and reverse and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.
None of the trial court's three reasons for the upward departure was valid. The first reason was that defendant, by virtue of his release from prison under the Supervised Community Release...
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