State v. Singletary

LEVY, Judge.

The State appeals a ten cell downward departure sentence in a criminal prosecution for unemployment compensation fraud and grand theft in the second degree. We reverse based upon our finding that the trial court improperly departed from the sentencing guidelines.

In July of 1985, Jerome Singletary, the defendant, was charged with several offenses, not directly related to this action, for which he was subsequently found guilty and sentenced.

In November of 1986, the defendant was charged with another eight counts of unemployment compensation fraud and one count of grand theft in the…