Brown v. State

PARIENTE, Judge.

On appeal defendant contends that the trial court improperly entered a departure sentence following his convictions for manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and carrying a concealed weapon and that the trial court also failed to consider defendant’s financial resources before ordering restitution. Because we do not find that the trial court abused its discretion in imposing a departure sentence and because the defendant did not object to the imposition of the restitution ordered, we affirm on both points.

The sole reason cited by the trial court for departure was that the crime…