MILTON JAMES MORRIS, APPELLANT,

v.

ELIZABETH MORRIS, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• State v. Knox, 990 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008)
  …r appeal if the articulated concern is sufficiently specific to inform the court of the perceived error. State v. Stephenson, 973 So. 2d 1259, 1262 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). We reverse and remand for imposition of a guidelines sentence. State v. Norris, 724 So. 2d 630 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). REVERSED and REMANDED. MONACO and COHEN, JJ., concur.…
• Alethia Jones v. State, 813 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 2002)
  …ed as section 921.0026(3)); State v. Lazo, 761 So. 2d 1244, 1245 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000) ("A defendant’s drug addiction and amenability to rehabilitation are no longer valid reasons for a downward departure from sentencing guidelines.”); State v. Norris, 724 So. 2d 630 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (drug addition is no longer valid reason for downward departure sentence); see also § 921.0026(3), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1998). . The Legislature was very explicit that substance abuse or addiction was not a valid reason for departur…
• State v. Dreama Adea Bell, 854 So. 2d 686 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
  …(Fla. 5th DCA 1999). Bell failed to prove all three elements. Because none of the reasons for downwardly departing were supported by substantial competent evidence, we reverse and remand for imposition of a guidelines sentence. See State v. Norris, 724 So. 2d 630 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (remanding for imposition of guidelines sentence instead of allowing defendant to withdraw plea because defendant entered open plea to the court with no plea agreement from the state). Like the defendant in Norris, Bell entered a…