Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eddie PERRY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-09-21
Citations: 642 So. 2d 147
Docket Number: No. 94-994
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eddie PERRY, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 642
Pages: 147–148

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eddie PERRY, Appellee.
No. 94-994.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 21, 1994.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Elliot B. Kula, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The state appeals the trial court's sentence departing downward from sentencing guidelines. We reverse the sentence. The trial court did not provide contemporaneous written reasons for its departure sentence, Owens v. State, 598 So.2d 64 (Fla.1990); Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla.1990), and its oral pronouncement is not a valid reason for downward departure. Herrin v. State, 568 So.2d 920 (Fla.1990) (substance abuse alone insufficient reason for guidelines departure). Thus, its downward departure sentence is an abuse of discretion.
The sentence is reversed and the ease remanded for resentencing.
Sentence reversed and remanded.