Velez v. State

Full title: Samuel G. VELEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 17, 2004

888 So. 2d 670 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

No. 3D04-2575.

November 10, 2004. Rehearing Denied December 17, 2004.

An Appeal under Fla.R.App.P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court of Miami-Dade County, Israel Reyes, Judge.

Samuel G. Velez, in proper person.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GREEN, FLETCHER and RAMIREZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Hernandez v. State, 575 So.2d 640, 642 (Fla. 1991) (stating that "Our case law holds that a departure sentence may be proper where a person's criminal record exhibits an `escalating course' of criminality"), citing Keys v. State, 500 So.2d 134, 135 (Fla. 1986).