Williams v. State, No. 68505
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Florida |
| Writing for the Court | EHRLICH; McDONALD, C.J., OVERTON, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., and ADKINS |
| Citation | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 132,504 So.2d 392 |
| Docket Number | No. 68505 |
| Decision Date | 19 March 1987 |
| Parties | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 132 Jessie WILLIAMS, III, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. |
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STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Glenna Joyce Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Henri C. Cawthon, Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.
EHRLICH, Justice.
We have for review a sentencing guidelines decision, Williams v. State, 484 So.2d 71 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), because of apparent conflict with this Court's decision in Hendrix v. State, 475 So.2d 1218 (Fla.1985). We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution and approve the decision below.
Williams pled guilty to aggravated battery and burglary of a dwelling with an assault. The trial judge departed from the presumptive guidelines range of four and one-half to five and one-half years, imposing two ten-year concurrent terms. The trial judge gave the following written reasons for departure:
1. The Defendant as a juvenile was committed to the Department of HRS for the offense of Arson dated January 11, 1977. He was committed also in Case No. 76-466 for Arson and Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling, and again committed for Shoplifting dated August 18, 1978. At age eighteen (18) years, the Defendant
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was sentenced to Department of Corrections for three (3) years for Burglary of a Structure dated February 19, 1979 and paroled September 16, 1980. He was charged with violation of his parole on March 3, 1981 having only been out of prison for some six months. On July 10, 1981 the Defendant was again sentenced to the Department of Corrections on the offense of Attempted Burglary for five (5) years. On December 10, 1983 he was discharged as to that sentence and after only approximately ten (10) months committed the instant offense on October 6, 1984.2. The continuing criminal behavior since the Defendant's age of sixteen years demonstrates his total disregard for the rehabilitative efforts of the past dispositions for his criminal behavior. There is no hope for rehabilitation of this individual.
3. The Defendant served approximatley fourteen (14) months on his first three (3) year Department of Corrections sentence and some twenty-nine (29) months on the five (5) year Department of Corrections sentence. Under sentencing guidelines for standing convicted of Burglary of a Dwelling with...
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