State v. Shine

Full title: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Derek Lang SHINE Jr., Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Oct 18, 2017

347 So. 3d 31 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

Opinion

No. 3D15–2877

10-18-2017

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Derek Lang SHINE Jr., Appellee.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert Martinez Biswas, Assistant Attorney General, Coral Gables, for appellant. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, Miami, and Jeffrey Paul DeSousa, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellee.

SUAREZ, J.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert Martinez Biswas, Assistant Attorney General, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, Miami, and Jeffrey Paul DeSousa, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellee.

Before SUAREZ, EMAS, and LOGUE, JJ.

SUAREZ, J.

The State of Florida appeals from the downward departure sentence imposed on Derek Lang Shine on December 22, 2015. We reverse and remand for the reasons set forth in the opinion rendered in State v. Shine, ––– So.3d ––––, 42 Fla. L. Weekly D1832, 2017 WL 3611670 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 23, 2017) (consolidating 3D15–2876 and 3D15–2877 under case no. 3D15–2876).