State v. Lettman, 72731

Decision Date22 June 1989
Docket NumberNo. 72731,72731
Citation544 So.2d 1025,14 Fla. L. Weekly 315
Parties14 Fla. L. Weekly 315 STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Robert A. LETTMAN, Respondent.
CourtFlorida Supreme Court

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal--Direct Conflict of Decisions; Fourth District--Case No. 87-0294 (Broward County).

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard G. Bartmon and Alfonso M. Saldana, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Prior report: Fla.App., 526 So.2d 207.

PER CURIAM.

On October 21, 1988, this Court entered its Order Accepting Jurisdiction and Dispensing with Oral Argument. We have now determined that the Court is without jurisdiction and, therefore, the Petition for Review is denied.

No motion for rehearing will be entertained by the Court.

EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.

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  • Small v. State, 94-1342
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 22 Septiembre 1995
    ...beyond the ordinary case. 524 So.2d at 665 (emphasis added). In Lettman v. State, 526 So.2d 207 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), rev. denied, 544 So.2d 1025 (Fla.1989), the court reversed a departure sentence for third-degree murder of a three-year-old child by her father, [D]eparture based on abuse of......
  • Gonzalez v. State, 92-0402
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 25 Agosto 1993
    ...1372 (Fla. 4th DCA1991), rev. denied, 599 So.2d 1280 (Fla.1992); Lettman v. State, 526 So.2d 207 (Fla. 4th DCA1988), rev. denied, 544 So.2d 1025 (Fla.1989). ANSTEAD and KLEIN, JJ., OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, dissenting in part with opinion. OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, dis......
  • Clifton v. State, 91-1894
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 4 Noviembre 1992
    ...v. State, 517 So.2d 692 (Fla.1988), followed by this court in Lettman v. State, 526 So.2d 207 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), rev. denied, 544 So.2d 1025 (Fla.1989), held that departure based upon abuse of familial trust is permissible but only under barbaric and grotesque circumstances. In Lettman, t......
  • Carter v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 23 Septiembre 1992
    ...and regular over a period of many years." However, this court in Lettman v. State, 526 So.2d 207 (Fla. 4th DCA1988), review denied, 544 So.2d 1025 (Fla.1989), held that a pattern of child abuse did not constitute a valid reason for departure. The Lettman court reasoned: Rule 3.701(d)(11), F......
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