STATE v. COSBY

Case No. 2D19-4125.

313 So.3d 903 (2021)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jeffery Clarence COSBY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed March 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Chelsea N. Simms , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Joanna Beth Conner , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


The State appeals the imposition of a downward departure sentence following Jeffery Clarence Cosby's plea and conviction for felony petit theft. Because the trial court failed to articulate its reasons for imposing the downward departure sentence either orally or in writing, and because the asserted grounds for departure were not...

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