State v. Browne

The State appeals the downward departure imposed on Appellee James Michael Browne’s-sentence for his second violation of probation. Because the only statutory basis given by the trial court for the downward departure is not supported by com*378petent, substantial evidence, we reverse. Though the lowest permissible sentence under the Criminal Punishment Code was 15.15 months in the Department of Corrections, the trial court imposed a downward departure sentence of 51 weeks in the county jail. ’ See § 921.002(1)’(bj, Fla. Stat. (2015).1 The trial court’s reasons for imposing the downward departure…