State v. Green

The State of Florida (the “State”) appeals defendant-appellee James Green’s downward departure sentence. We affirm.

The State claims that the downward departure sentence of defendant Green was error because the State objected to the sentence and the trial court failed to provide written reasons in support of the downward departure. The defendant argues that the matter was not properly preserved by an objection which was sufficiently precise to fairly inform the trial court of the error. We agree with the defendant.

During the defendant’s trial, as the court was about to rule on the…