State v. Jenkins

Appellee was charged by information with purchasing cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school in violation of sections 893.-13(l)(e) and 893.03(2)(a)4, Florida Statutes (1989). She pled and moved the court to depart downward from the presumptive guidelines sentence, to avoid the three year minimum mandatory sentence, and to sentence her pursuant to section 397.12, Florida Statutes. The trial court withheld adjudication and placed her on probation for eighteen months. It entered a well-considered, four page order of departure in which it detailed reasons for sentencing her pursuant to section…