Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Colleen MARSH, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-02-12
Citations: 687 So. 2d 366
Docket Number: No. 96-0409
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Colleen MARSH, Appellee.
Judges: DELL, FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 687
Pages: 366–367

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Colleen MARSH, Appellee.
No. 96-0409.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 12, 1997.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carol Coboum Asbury, As sistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Laura Barrow of Laura Barrow, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse appellee's downward departure sentence because the trial court failed to give written reasons. It cannot be determined from the record whether the trial court was aware that it was imposing a departure sentence. Accordingly, on remand, the trial court will not be precluded from imposing a departure sentence so long as valid written reasons are set forth. McGowan v. State, 648 So.2d 1225 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995).
DELL, FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.