State v. Williams

Full title: THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. RICKY WILLIAMS, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 27, 1988

535 So. 2d 357 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 88-1422.

December 27, 1988.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Thomas M. Carney, Judge.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Burke, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court departed downward from the recommended guidelines sentence without providing written reasons. We vacate defendant's sentence and remand to the trial court for entry of written reasons for downward departure from the guidelines. State v. Martinez, 534 So.2d 1248 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. Johnson, 533 So.2d 939 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. McDavid, 532 So.2d 1125 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. Adams, 528 So.2d 548 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

Vacated and remanded.