State v. Alvarez

Full title: THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. ANTONIO ALVAREZ, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 21, 1989

538 So. 2d 956 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Opinion

No. 88-1498.

February 21, 1989.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Alfonso Sepe, Judge.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Steven T. Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Rosa C. Figarola, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court erred in departing downward from the recommended guidelines sentence without providing reasons; we vacate the sentence and remand for entry of written reasons in support of the departure sentence. State v. Martinez, 534 So.2d 1248 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); State v. Adams, 528 So.2d 548 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

VACATED AND REMANDED.