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STATE v. STEADMAN

No. 3D01-3326.

827 So.2d 1022 (2002)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Charles A. STEADMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Certification Denied October 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kristine Keaton, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Benedict P. Kuehne of Sale & Kuehne, P.A. and Susan Dmitrovsky, for appellee.

Before COPE, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

RAMIREZ, J.

The State of Florida appeals the imposition of a downward departure sentence of seven years as a habitual offender, with a three-year mandatory minimum term. We affirm the sentence based on the trial court's stated reason for departure, that the police officers engaged in sentence manipulation.

Appellee Charles A. Steadman was arrested on April 24, 2001, and charged in six separate informations with sale of cocaine, possession of cocaine, and sale...

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