State v. Glover

The State appeals a downward departure sentence. Appellee was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana. Appel-lee pled no contest to possession of marijuana and a bench trial was conducted as to the possession of a firearm charge. During the trial, an officer testified he responded to a nightclub at 2:00 a.m. in reference to a disturbance involving a patron armed with a weapon. He testified nightclub security guards directed him to appellee’s car, in which he was sitting with a large handgun on the floorboard between his legs and marijuana in his…