Valdes v. State

Appellant contests the imposition of two 25-year-concurrent sentences for the offenses of trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine in an amount more than 400 grams. He contends that although the departure sentences imposed were the *95product of negotiation, because the trial court failed to assign written reasons for the departure,1 the sentences must be vacated and the cause remanded for resen-tencing. We affirm, following the rule that plea bargain sentences are generally considered valid reasons for departure. See Denmark v. State, 519 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), review pending,…