Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Franklin C. HIGGINBOTHAM, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-07-14
Citations: 737 So. 2d 596
Docket Number: No. 97-02296
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Franklin C. HIGGINBOTHAM, Appellee.
Judges: STRINGER, J., Concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 737
Pages: 596–597

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Franklin C. HIGGINBOTHAM, Appellee.
No. 97-02296.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 14, 1999.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.

Opinion:
THREADGILL, Acting Chief Judge.
The State appeals the trial court's order imposing a downward departure sentence on Franklin C. Higginbotham, based upon Higginbotham's need for substance addiction treatment and his amenability to rehabilitation. We conclude that there was sufficient evidence to support the reason for departure and therefore affirm.
Affirmed.
STRINGER, J., Concurs.
PARKER, J., Dissents with opinion.