STATE v. COLON

No. 96-03725.

696 So.2d 943 (1997)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Edilberto COLON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy J. Ferreri, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

After Edilberto Colon pleaded no contest to trafficking in methamphetamine, the trial court sentenced him to two years' community control to be followed by two years' drug offender probation. This sentence was a downward departure from the guidelines, but the court never filed written reasons for the departure. Colon concedes that the court erred. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for sentencing within the guidelines. See Pope v. State, ...

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