STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
DAVID LEE ZAISER, APPELLEE

Fla. 5th DCA | 1989-08-03
No. 88-1458
ORFINGER, J., concurs., SHARP, J., dissents without opinion.
546 So. 2d 1181 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (1989) Caution
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Opinion of the Court
DAUKSCH, Judge.

DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a guidelines departure sentence.

The trial judge departed downwards from the recommended guidelines sentence and gave two reasons: “no prior record” and “recommendation of probation office.” Neither reason is a valid reason for departure. Sanders v. State, 510 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 1987); State v. D’Alexander, 496 So. 2d 1007 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Montgomery v. State, 489 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).

SENTENCE VACATED; REMANDED.

ORFINGER, J., concurs.

SHARP, J., dissents without opinion.


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