STATE v. MICHELS

No. 4D09-4696.

59 So.3d 1163 (2011)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Richard T. MICHELS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

As Amended on Rehearing April 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Richard B. Greene , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, J.

Appellant, the State of Florida, appeals the trial court's order adjudicating Appellee, Richard Michels, guilty of failure of sex offender to properly register and sentencing him to one day in jail with credit for one day served. Having determined that the trial court erred in granting Michels a downward departure, we reverse and remand for Michels to be sentenced within the statutory guidelines.

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