Supreme Court of Florida, 1994

Carder v. State

Carder v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided September 15, 1994 · Grimes, Harding, Kogan, McDonald, Overton, Shaw
642 So. 2d 742; 19 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 443; 1994 Fla. LEXIS 1415; 1994 WL 499365 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Carder v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We review State v. Carder, 625 So.2d 966 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), in which the court certified the following as a question of great public importance:

IS THE REVERSE SPLIT SENTENCE A DOWNWARD DEPARTURE FROM THE GUIDELINES WHICH REQUIRES WRITTEN JUSTIFICATIONS?

Id. at 967. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

We answered the identical question in Disbrow v. State, 642 So.2d 740 (Fla. 1994), in the affirmative. Accordingly, we approve the decision below.

It is so ordered.

GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., and McDONALD, Senior Justice, concur.

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