STATE v. WHITE

No. 2D97-4784.

764 So.2d 761 (2000)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kelvin WHITE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


DAVIS, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's downward departure from a 1995 guidelines sentence, arguing that the trial judge did not give written reasons justifying the departure. We remand this case to the trial court to reconsider its sentence in light of Heggs v. State, 759 So.2d 620 (Fla.2000).

When the trial court imposed its sentence, subsection 921.001(5), Florida Statutes (1995), required the trial court...

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