Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Keith CANTY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-11-05
Citations: 858 So. 2d 367
Docket Number: Nos. 3D02-1231, 3D02-1230
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Keith CANTY, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 858
Pages: 367–367

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Keith CANTY, Appellee.
Nos. 3D02-1231, 3D02-1230.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 5, 2003.
Charles J. Christ, Jr., Attorney General, and Thomas C. Mielke, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Roy A. Heimlich, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.
Before COPE, GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The State appeals a downward departure sentence. We reverse.
Assuming for present purposes that the downward departure reasons given by the trial court were valid for Miami-Dade County Circuit Court case number 01-34599, those reasons have no apparent relationship to the other crime with which defendant-appellant Canty was charged, grand theft of a vehicle, in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court case number 02-6461. We therefore return the case to the trial court for resentencing, or alternatively, with leave for the defendant to withdraw his plea. See State v. Roberts, 824 So.2d 908 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002); State v. Johnson, 796 So.2d 1213 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); State v. Ford, 739 So.2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).
Reversed and remanded.