Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

State v. Owens

State v. Owens
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 27, 1999 · Farmer, Gunther, Hazouri
726 So. 2d 347; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 656; 1999 WL 30660 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Owens

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The state appeals a downward departure sentence entered without oral or written reasons. We reverse, but on remand the judge shall be free to impose the same sentence if she provides reasons either stated orally on the record which are then transcribed and *348timely filed, or written reasons timely filed after sentencing.

GUNTHER, FARMER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.

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