Carder v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 15, 1994

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1994-09-15

Relies on 642 So. 2d 740 - Disbrow v. State · 625 So. 2d 966 - State v. Carder

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Decided 1994-09-15

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PER CURIAM.

¶1We 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?

¶2Id. at 967. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

¶3We answered the identical question in Disbrow v. State, 642 So.2d 740 (Fla.1994), in the affirmative. Accordingly, we approve the decision below.

¶4It is so ordered.

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