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Cason v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Mar 14, 1986
481 So. 2d 1006 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. BE-238.

January 30, 1986. Rehearing Denied March 14, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County; Erwin Fleet, Judge.

Michael Allen, Public Defender, Paula S. Saunders, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., John M. Koenig, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Cason appeals a sentence imposed outside the sentencing guidelines on the ground that the trial court did not express clear and convincing reasons for the departure. We find that, of the six reasons stated by the trial court, reasons one (extensive arrest record and numerous prior convictions) and five (deterrence of others) are invalid; the remaining four are proper. There being no reasonable doubt that a different sentence would be imposed on remand, see Albritton v. State, 476 So.2d 158 (Fla. 1985), we affirm.

ERVIN and WIGGINTON, JJ., and McCORD, GUYTE P., Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Cason v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Mar 14, 1986
481 So. 2d 1006 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)
Case details for

Cason v. State

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM D. CASON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Mar 14, 1986

Citations

481 So. 2d 1006 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

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