The State of Florida moves for rehearing of this Court's August 23, 2017 opinion. We grant rehearing, withdraw our prior opinion and substitute the following opinion in its stead.
The State of Florida appeals the downward departure sentence imposed upon Defendant Derek Lang Shine on December 22, 2015 in connection with a probation violation.1 Finding that the trial court *1136failed to provide a valid legal ground for its downward departure, we reverse.
In 2015, Shine was convicted and sentenced to three years of drug offender probation, pursuant to a plea agreement with the State. Later in 2015, Shine violated his probation and the trial court revoked probation and sentenced him to forty (40) months of prison followed by forty (40) months of probation for count one and a concurrent term of forty (40) months prison, followed by a concurrent term of twelve (12) months of probation for count two. The sentence imposed was a downward departure sentence to which the State objected.
The trial court's written sentencing order states that the downward departure was based on the fact that "Defendant has been granted a previous downward departure based on a valid uncoerced plea agreement ... [and] it would be inappropriate, too harsh and contrary to the principles of graduated sanctions to now sentence the Defendant to 73.65 months imprisonment which is the lowest permissible prison sentence, absent a downward departure."
We conclude that the trial court's reasoning does not amount to a valid legal basis for the downward departure sentence imposed. See § 921.0026 Fla. Stat. (2014) ; State v. Pita, 54 So.3d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) ; State v. Kasten, 775 So.2d 992 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) ; State v. Nolasco, 542 So.2d 1052 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). Consequently, we reverse and remand for resentencing within the sentencing guidelines.
Reversed and remanded.