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STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Wilburn Scott SOTO, Appellee.
    No. 98-04729.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
    Aug. 11, 1999.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.
    James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Wilburn Scott Soto received a downward departure sentence that was imposed without valid reasons for departure. The State appeals and Soto concedes error. Accordingly, we reverse. Because we are reversing a sentence that was based on a plea agreement with the trial judge, Soto must be given an opportunity to withdraw his plea. See State v. Scott, 611 So.2d 596 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993).

Sentence reversed; remanded for farther proceedings.

CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and BLUE and GREEN, JJ, Concur.