PARIENTE, Judge.
Defendant appeals his upward departure sentence, contending that the reasons advanced by the trial court were invalid. We reverse because the stated reasons constituted an impermissible basis for imposing a departure sentence.
Defendant pled guilty to the second degree felony of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death, section 316.027, Florida Statutes (1993), and to the first degree misdemeanor of obstruction of an officer...
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