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State v. Waterman, No. 4D08-415 (Fla. App. 7/1/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. MICHAEL WATERMAN, Appellee. No. 4D08-415 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. July 1, 2009 Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Marc H. Gold, Judge, L.T. Case No. 06-9207 CF10A. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and, Elisabeth Porter, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee. Damoorgian, J. The State of Florida timely appeals the trial court’s downward departure sentence imposed on Michael Waterman on a charge of escape. In this appeal, the State argues that the trial court erred in granting Waterman a downward departure sentence pursuant to section 921...continue to full post

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