State v. Hernandez

Full title: THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. ORESTES HERNANDEZ, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 24, 1988

525 So. 2d 493 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-2303.

May 24, 1988.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Thomas M. Carney, Judge.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Richard L. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant confesses that the court's downward departure from the sentencing guidelines without written reasons constitutes reversible error. State v. Lemon, 517 So.2d 117 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings accordingly.