Legal Opinion
State v. Shorter
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 3, 2002No. 4D01-427PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
814 So.2d 1117 (2002)
STATE of Florida, Appellant,
v.
Willie SHORTER, Appellee.
No. 4D01-427.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 3, 2002.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee and Consuelo Maingot, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.
MAY, J.
The State appeals the defendant's downward departure sentence, which the trial court imposed in an attempt to fashion a sentence that would place the defendant in a long-term residential treatment program. Due to the lack of clarity in the record, we reverse.
Defendant…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Shull v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- Pease v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
- State v. BrownDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- Perry v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- Abt v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
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