STATE v. BARNES

No. 2D98-4451.

753 So.2d 605 (2000)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Darryl James BARNES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


DAVIS, Judge.

The State appeals the departure sentence of Darryl James Barnes, alleging that the trial court failed to give a valid reason, supported by competent evidence, for the downward departure. We reverse.

Barnes entered his plea to one count of dealing in stolen property and to one count of grand theft pursuant to an agreement with the trial court that he would be sentenced to community control and a consecutive period of probation. They reached the...

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