Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David Lee ZAISER, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-08-03
Citations: 546 So. 2d 1181
Docket Number: No. 88-1458
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David Lee ZAISER, Appellee.
Judges: ORFINGER, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 546
Pages: 1181–1181

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David Lee ZAISER, Appellee.
No. 88-1458.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 3, 1989.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Colin Campbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.
John R. Parker, Titusville, for appellee.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This is an appeal from a guidelines departure sentence.
The trial judge departed downwards from the recommended guidelines sentence and gave two reasons: "no prior record" and "recommendation of probation office." Neither reason is a valid reason for departure. Sanders v. State, 510 So.2d 296 (Fla. 1987); State v. D'Alexander, 496 So.2d 1007 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Montgomery v. State, 489 So.2d 1225 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).
SENTENCE VACATED; REMANDED.
ORFINGER, J., concurs.
SHARP, J., dissents without opinion.