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Edwards v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Dec 7, 1990
570 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 89-02248.

December 7, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Richard A. Lazzara, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


Appellant pled nolo contendere to delivery of cocaine. The applicable permitted guidelines sentencing range was probation to three and one-half years' imprisonment. The trial judge imposed a five-year sentence, which he then suspended by placing appellant on five years of probation, on the condition that she serve one year in jail.

The trial judge used "timing" as a basis to depart, but appellant's criminal history does not demonstrate the type of escalating or persistent pattern that is required for departure. See State v. Simpson, 554 So.2d 506 (Fla. 1989), and State v. Jones, 530 So.2d 53 (Fla. 1988).

Therefore, we strike the five-year suspended sentence but uphold the balance of appellant's sentence.

Reversed in part.

FRANK, A.C.J., and PATTERSON and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Edwards v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Dec 7, 1990
570 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

Edwards v. State

Case Details

Full title:WANDA COX EDWARDS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Dec 7, 1990

Citations

570 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)