State v. Nelson

LABARGA, JORGE, Associate Judge.

The state appeals a downward departure sentence for the offense of trafficking in cocaine. In October 1995, the appellee, Joel Nelson,.- pled no contest to the charge of trafficking in cocaine and was adjudicated guilty. The trial court placed the appellee on community control for two . years to be followed by six years of probation. One of the conditions of community control was that the appellee successfully complete a drug rehabilitation program.

In February 1997, the appellee’s community control officer filed an affidavit alleging that the appellee had…