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733 So. 2d 992

733 So.2d 992

24 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 183

Baker v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 15, 1999

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1999-04-15

Relies on 732 So. 2d 1065 - Banks v. State · State v. Baker

Decided 1999-04-15

SHAW, J.

¶1We 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?

¶2Id. 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 Bakerand remand for proceedings consistent with Banks.

¶3It is so ordered.

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