Supreme Court of Florida, 1999

Baker v. State

Baker v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided April 15, 1999 · Anstead, Harding, Kogan, Overton, Pariente, Shaw, Wells
733 So. 2d 992; 24 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 183; 1999 Fla. LEXIS 576; 1999 WL 216879 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Baker v. State

Opinion of the Court

SHAW, J.

We have for review State v. Baker, 713 So.2d 1027 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998), wherein the district court certified:

What factors must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence to establish that the need for payment of restitution outweighs the need for a prison sentence to justify a downward departure sentence?

Id. at 1028. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We recently answered this question in Banks v. State, 732 So.2d 1065 (Fla. 1999). We quash Baker and remand for proceedings consistent with Banks.

It is so ordered.

*993HARDING, C.J, WELLS, ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., and OVERTON and KOGAN, Senior Justices, concur.

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