Case Name: Ann BRANCH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-10-28
Citations: 626 So. 2d 653
Docket Number: No. 81536
Parties: Ann BRANCH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: BARKETT, C.J., and OVERTON, McDonald, shaw, grimes, kogan and HARDING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 626
Pages: 653–653

Head Matter:
Ann BRANCH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 81536.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Oct. 28, 1993.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Robert Friedman, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We review State v. Branch, 613 So.2d 47 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), in which the district court of appeal reversed a downward departure sentence on the authority of State v. Jenkins, 591 So.2d 261 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). Because Jenkins was pending in this Court, we accepted jurisdiction of the instant ease under article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. Jollie v. State, 405 So.2d 418 (Fla.1981).
In Scates v. State, 603 So.2d 504 (Fla.1992), this Court held that a trial judge may refer a defendant convicted under section 893.13(1)(e)(l), Florida Statutes (1989), to a drug abuse program pursuant to section 397.-12, Florida Statutes (1989), rather than impose a minimum three-year sentence. Thereafter, we vacated Jenkins on the authority of Scates. Jenkins v. State, 603 So.2d 509 (Fla.1992).
The instant ease is in the same posture as Scates and Jenkins. Therefore, we quash the decision below and remand with directions to reinstate Branch's original sentence. We do not address the other point raised by Branch.
It is so ordered.
BARKETT, C.J., and OVERTON, McDonald, shaw, grimes, kogan and HARDING, JJ., concur.