STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
NICOLE J. FLETCHER, APPELLEE

Fla. 2d DCA | 1996-12-04
No. 96-00747
SCHOONOVER and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.
684 So. 2d 251 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1996) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
THREADGILL, Chief Judge.

THREADGILL, Chief Judge.

The state challenges the imposition of a downward departure sentence upon the appellee, Nicole J. Fletcher, for committing a battery upon a pregnant woman. We reverse and remand for resentencing.

Pursuant to section 921.001(6), Florida Statutes (1995), the facts supporting the reasons for a downward departure must be established by a preponderance of the evidence. See also State v. Nathan, 632 So. 2d 127 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). The record we have been furnished in the instant case fails to set forth any evidence whatsoever to establish the facts supporting the reasons for the trial court’s downward departure. For that reason, the instant cause is reversed and remanded for resentencing within the guidelines.

Reversed and remanded.

SCHOONOVER and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.


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