STATE v. SHORTER

No. 4D01-427.

814 So.2d 1117 (2002)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Willie SHORTER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee and Consuelo Maingot, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


MAY, J.

The State appeals the defendant's downward departure sentence, which the trial court imposed in an attempt to fashion a sentence that would place the defendant in a long-term residential treatment program. Due to the lack of clarity in the record, we reverse.

Defendant entered an open plea to the charges of grand theft, possession of cocaine, possession of cannabis in excess of twenty (20) grams, resisting arrest without violence, and driving without...

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