STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
NATHANIEL LAWLER, APPELLEE
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
NATHANIEL LAWLER, APPELLEE
531 So. 2d 752
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1988)
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
In this criminal prosecution the trial court made a downward departure from the recommended sentencing guideline range without assigning written legal rea sons therefor. This was error. Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.701(d)(ll). State v. Nichols, (Fla. 4th DCA 1988); State v. Matthews, 522 So. 2d 1026 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988); State v. Johnson, 512 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).
We reverse and remand with instructions to either sentence within the recommended guidelines range, or, to provide written reasons for any departure therefrom.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
ANSTEAD, LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
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Authorities Cited
- State v. Johnson, 512 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)
- Schurman v. State, 522 So. 2d 1026 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)
- State v. Matthews, 522 So. 2d 1026 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)