Sanders v. State

510 So.2d 296 (1987)

Henry Lee SANDERS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 69626.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 16, 1987.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, and Margaret Good, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Diane Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

GRIMES, Justice.

In State v. Sanders, 512 So.2d 204, 205 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986), the following question was certified to us as one of great public importance:

CAN THE TRIAL JUDGE DEPART DOWNWARD FROM THE GUIDELINES IF THE DEFENDANT…