State v. Hudson

DAVIS, Chief Judge.

Kenneth Hudson entered nolo contende-re pleas to three counts of sale of cocaine and one count each of possession of cocaine, violating license restrictions, and operating a motorcycle without a valid driver’s license. His scoresheet indicated a lowest permissible sentence of twenty-one months’ prison. But the trial court sentenced him to twenty-one months’ prison, suspended, and twenty-four months’ probation. At sentencing, the trial court indicated that it was departing downward pursuant to section 921.0026(2)(j), Florida Statutes (2013), which allows for a sentence below…