PALMER, J.
The State of Florida appeals two downward departure sentences imposed by the trial court after Howard Hawkins, Jr. (the defendant) pled no contest in two unrelated cases to resisting an officer with violence and petit theft with prior convictions. Because the reasons provided for the departure sentences were legally invalid, we reverse...
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