State v. Scanlon

DANAHY, PAUL W., (Senior) Judge.

The State appeals Damon Scanlon’s downward departure sentences. We reverse because the trial court did not provide valid reasons to support the departure.

In August 1996, Scanlon was sentenced to forty-eight months of probation in case number 96-3474 for burglary of a dwelling and third degree grand theft. He subsequently violated probation by committing new offenses of burglary and grand theft charged in case no. 97-9050. Following a plea agreement, in case number 96-3474, the trial court imposed a sentence of suspended five years in prison followed by four…