Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ernest MERRIWEATHER, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-07-07
Citations: 875 So. 2d 1283
Docket Number: No. 3D03-2367
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ernest MERRIWEATHER, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 875
Pages: 1283–1283

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ernest MERRIWEATHER, Appellee.
No. 3D03-2367.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 7, 2004.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Shannon P. McKenna, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.
Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The State's general objection was insufficient to call the trial court's attention to the need for downward departure reasons. State v. Leggett, 792 So.2d 646, 647 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); State v. Henriquez, 717 So.2d 1087 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).
Affirmed.