Atkinson v. State
| Decision Date | 27 September 1984 |
| Docket Number | No. 83-1830,83-1830 |
| Citation | 456 So.2d 568 |
| Parties | Stephen Anthony ATKINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Cynthia Karl-Stamm, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
Atkinson appeals from sentences he received after pleading guilty to charges in five separate informations involving burglaries and grand thefts. 1 Atkinson had committed the burglary and grand theft offenses while he was on probation for armed trespass and carrying a concealed firearm, Case No. 81-5755. He also pleaded guilty to the violation of probation charge. The court imposed sentences of five years for each case, including Case No. 81-5755, each to run concurrently with the other. The sentences exceed the guidelines' recommended sentence of any nonstate prison sanction, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.988(c), and Atkinson argues the reasons for departure given by the trial judge on the score sheet were improper. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(11). We disagree and affirm.
A "Category 5-Burglary" score sheet was presented to the judge at the sentencing hearing. The total point count placed Atkinson in the guideline range of any nonstate prison sanction. In departing from the guideline sentence, the judge wrote:
In Carter v. State, 452 So.2d 953 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984), we held that in an appropriate case, a court may rely upon a violation of probation to enhance or depart from the guidelines' recommended sentence.
AFFIRMED.
1 Atkinson pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary, section 810.02, Florida Statutes (1983), and three counts of grand theft, section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1983).
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