STATE v. KNOX

No. 2D99-1392.

753 So.2d 681 (2000)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Donald Lee KNOX, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert J. Krauss, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Raymond Dix, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


STRINGER, Judge.

The State has appealed a downward departure sentence imposed on Donald Knox for engaging in sexual activity with a minor. The State argues that the departure sentence is not supported by a preponderance of the evidence. We agree and reverse.

In early 1998, Knox was a thirty-eight-year-old life skills technician who was responsible for the supervision of adolescent teenage girls in a custodial program for troubled teens. While on night watch...

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