EVANDER, J.
The State appeals a downward departure sentence imposed on Knox after he pled nolo contendere to an attempted first degree murder charge. Because the grounds for departure stated by the trial court were either legally insufficient or factually unsupported, we reverse.
The record reflects that the victim, Michele Marks, was Knox's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his five-year-old son. On the day in question, Marks had called Knox to ask him...
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