STATE v. PERRY

No. 94-994.

642 So.2d 147 (1994)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eddie PERRY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Elliot B. Kula, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The state appeals the trial court's sentence departing downward from sentencing guidelines. We reverse the sentence. The trial court did not provide contemporaneous written reasons for its departure sentence, Owens v. State, 598 So.2d 64 (Fla. 1990); Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla. 1990), and its oral pronouncement is not a valid reason for downward departure. Herrin...

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