STATE v. JACKSON

No. 1D08-3265.

22 So.3d 817 (2009)

STATE of Florida, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Bradley James JACKSON, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


WOLF, J.

The State appeals the trial court's imposition of a downward departure sentence. The trial court failed to file written reasons for departure; therefore, the sentence may be affirmed only if the trial court orally provided valid reasons for departure. See Pease v. State, 712 So.2d 374, 374 (Fla.1997).

Here, the trial court orally stated it was downwardly departing because it found appellee was amenable to...

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