District Court of Appeal of Florida

A sentence for driving under the influence (DUI) after having been convicted of DUI on three or more prior occasions is reversed pursuant to the state's claim of error that the reason provided by the trial court in support of a downward departure, that of family support concerns, was legally invalid and could not support a departure sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2006
• Published 03/29/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charlie Crist, Attorney General;  Thomas D. Winokur, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender;  Archie F. Gardner, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellee.