PER CURIAM.
The trial court sentenced the appellee to 5.375 years in prison, which term represented the minimum guideline sentence. On appellee's motion for modification of sentence, the trial court suspended the entire term. According to the trial court, "suspension [did] not take it outside of the guidelines sentence. It remains a guideline sentence."
On appeal, the state asserts that this constituted a downward departure without written reasons, and that...
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