STATE v. JONES

No. 2D99-4454.

772 So.2d 40 (2000)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Alethia JONES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 27, 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, and Kevin Briggs, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


SALCINES, Judge.

In this appeal, the State argues that the trial court erred when it sentenced Alethia Jones to two years' drug offender probation pursuant to section 948.01(13), Florida Statutes (Supp.1998), without giving written reasons for the downward departure sentence. We reverse and remand.

Jones was charged with possession of cocaine in violation of section 893.13, Florida Statutes (Supp.1998). It is undisputed...

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