PLEUS, J.
The State appeals from a sentencing order, claiming the trial court imposed an illegal downward departure sentence. The State argues that the record fails to support the three grounds specified by the court when it departed, sentencing the defendant to 39 months imprisonment, rather than the minimum of 78 months imprisonment called for by the sentencing guidelines.
We agree that the first two grounds for downward departure are infirm as not supported...
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