State v. Moss

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant v. TIKI MOSS, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 7, 2000

758 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 4D99-3898.

Opinion filed June 7, 2000.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Stanley Goldstein and Royce Agner, Judges; L.T. Case No. 99-13119 CF10A.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rajeev Saxena, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Maxine Williams, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. We affirm appellee's downward sentence pursuant to section 948.01(13), Florida Statutes (1997). However, we remand this case to the trial court to provide written reasons for the departure. See Donaldson v. State, 722 So.2d 177, 188-89 (Fla. 1998) ("Upon sentencing a defendant outside the sentencing guidelines, the trial court must attach to the sentencing order contemporaneous written reasons for the downward departure.");State v. Bostick, 715 So.2d 298, 298 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998); § 921.001(6), Fla. Stat. (1997).

AFFIRMED but REMANDED.

DELL, GUNTHER, and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.