Case Name: David CAUTHEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-03-31
Citations: 522 So. 2d 374
Docket Number: No. 71472
Parties: David CAUTHEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: MCDONALD, CJ., and EHRLICH, SHAW, BARRETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 522
Pages: 374–374

Head Matter:
David CAUTHEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 71472.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 31, 1988.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Elizabeth C. Masters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
OVERTON, Justice.
The First District Court of Appeal, in Cauthen v. State, 514 So.2d 75 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), certified the following as a question of great public importance:
MAY THE QUANTITY OF DRUGS INVOLVED IN A CRIME BE A PROPER REASON TO SUPPORT DEPARTURE FROM THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES?
Id. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla.Const. We recently answered the same question in the negative in Atwaters v. State, 519 So.2d 611 (Fla.1988). Accordingly, we quash the decision of the First District in the instant case and remand for reconsideration consistent with our decision in Atwaters.
It is so ordered.
MCDONALD, CJ., and EHRLICH, SHAW, BARRETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.