STATE V. MERRIWEATHER

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JANUARY TERM A.D., 2004 THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ** Appellant, ** vs. ** ERNEST MERRIWEATHER, CASE NO. 3D03-2367 ** Appellee. ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 02-25686 ** Opinion filed July 7, 2004. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Dennis J. Murphy, Judge. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Shannon P. McKenna, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee. Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ. PER CURIAM. The State s general objection was insufficient to call the trial court s attention to the need for downward departure reasons. State v. Leggett, 792 So. 2d 646, 647 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); State v. Henriquez, 717 So. 2d 1087 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998). Affirmed. 2

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