STATE v. MELENDEZ

Case No. 5D18-1420.

282 So.3d 996 (2019)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. George E. MELENDEZ, III, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed October 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Andrew Mich , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


The State appeals the downward departure sentence imposed on George E. Melendez, III. We reverse the sentence because the departure is not supported by competent, substantial evidence.

Melendez was charged with second-degree grand theft, defrauding a financial institution, and three counts of cashing or depositing...

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