State v. Merriweather

Full title: THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. ERNEST MERRIWEATHER, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 7, 2004

875 So. 2d 1283 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

Case No. 3D03-2367.

Opinion filed July 7, 2004.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Dennis J. Murphy, Judge, Lower Tribunal No. 02-25686.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Shannon P. McKenna, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.

Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The State's general objection was insufficient to call the trial court's attention to the need for downward departure reasons. State v. Leggett, 792 So.2d 646, 647 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); State v. Henriquez, 717 So.2d 1087 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

Affirmed.