Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nicole J. FLETCHER, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-12-04
Citations: 684 So. 2d 251
Docket Number: No. 96-00747
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nicole J. FLETCHER, Appellee.
Judges: SCHOONOVER and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 684
Pages: 251–251

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nicole J. FLETCHER, Appellee.
No. 96-00747.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 4, 1996.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Karen Kinney, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellee.

Opinion:
THREADGILL, Chief Judge.
The state challenges the imposition of a downward departure sentence upon the ap-pellee, Nicole J. Fletcher, for committing a battery upon a pregnant woman. We reverse and remand for resentencing.
Pursuant to section 921.001(6), Florida Statutes (1995), the facts supporting the reasons for a downward departure must be established by a preponderance of the evidence. See also State v. Nathan, 632 So.2d 127 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). The record we have been furnished in the instant case fails to set forth any evidence whatsoever to establish the facts supporting the reasons for the trial court's downward departure. For that reason, the instant cause is reversed and remanded for resentencing within the guidelines.
Reversed and remanded.
SCHOONOVER and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.