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MATCHETT v. STATE OF FLORIDA, sc00-1082

Failure of trial court to issue written reasons for upward sentence departure constitutes error where plea agreement did not incorporate crime upon which court imposed the enhancement.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 07/12/2001
  • Published 07/12/2001

Judges

  • PARIENTE, J.

Court

  • Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Lisa Walsh, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

  • For Appellees:
  • Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Michael J. Neimand and Roberta G. Mandel, Assistant Attorneys General, Miami, FL, for Respondent.
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