Case Name: Stephanie A. CARDER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-09-15
Citations: 642 So. 2d 742
Docket Number: No. 82668
Parties: Stephanie A. CARDER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., and McDONALD, Senior Justice, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 642
Pages: 742–742

Head Matter:
Stephanie A. CARDER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 82668.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Sept. 15, 1994.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender and James R. Wulchak, Chief, Appellate Div., Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Wesley Heidt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We review State v. Carder, 625 So.2d 966 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), in which the court certified the following as a question of great public importance:
IS THE REVERSE SPLIT SENTENCE A DOWNWARD DEPARTURE FROM THE GUIDELINES WHICH REQUIRES WRITTEN JUSTIFICATIONS?
Id. at 967. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.
We answered the identical question in Disbrow v. State, 642 So.2d 740 (Fla.1994), in the affirmative. Accordingly, we approve the decision below.
It is so ordered.
GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., and McDONALD, Senior Justice, concur.