Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eric L. CURRINGTON, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-10-11
Citations: 681 So. 2d 821
Docket Number: No. 95-04384
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eric L. CURRINGTON, Appellee.
Judges: CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 681
Pages: 821–822

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eric L. CURRINGTON, Appellee.
No. 95-04384.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 11, 1996.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellee.

Opinion:
BLUE, Judge.
The State appeals the downward departure sentence imposed on Eric L. Cur rington in circuit court case number 95-09187. Currington concedes that the sentence must be reversed because the trial court failed to provide written reasons in support of the departure sentence. Because we are reversing a sentence that was based on a plea agreement with the trial judge, Currington must be given an opportunity to withdraw his plea. See State v. Scott, 611 So.2d 596 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993). Accordingly, we reverse Currington's departure sentence in case 95-09187 and remand for further proceedings.
CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.