State v. Oden

478 So.2d 51 (1985)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Mark ODEN, et al., Respondents.

No. 66650.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 31, 1985.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Andrea Smith Hillyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Larry G. Bryant, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondents.

In the instant case, the district court held: "It was reversible error for the trial court to depart from the guidelines without providing a contemporaneous written statement of the reasons therefor at the time each sentence was…