THREADGILL, Acting Chief Judge.
The state contends the trial court erred in imposing a downward departure sentence on Darron K. Whiting for engaging in sexual activity with a minor. We agree and reverse.
In January 1996, Whiting was a twenty-nine-year-old truant officer who, under the guise of his authority as such, removed a thirteen-year-old female student from her school classroom in the middle of the afternoon—with her consent, brought her to his...
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