STATE v. RICHARDVILLE

No. 4D16-2745.

216 So.3d 654 (2017)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Donald RICHARDVILLE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Luke R. Napodano , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and J. Woodson Isom , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The state appeals from the circuit court's order granting the defendant's motion for a downward departure sentence. The state argues that the court's reasons for departing from the permitted sentencing range, including the defendant's "ignorance of the law," were legally insufficient.

We agree that the court erred, as the state...

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