State v. Johnson

CRENSHAW, Judge.

After a jury found Henry Johnson, Jr., guilty of four counts of sale of cocaine and two counts of sale of cannabis in violation of sections 893.13(l)(a)(l), and (l)(a)(2), Florida Statutes (2014), the trial court imposed concurrent downward departure sentences of ten months’ jail on each count. Citing State v. Steadman, 827 So.2d 1022 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002), the court based the departure on its finding that law enforcement officers engaged in sentence manipulation by making multiple purchases over the course of their sting operation for no’ reason other than to increase Johnson’s…