DAWKINS v. STATE

No. 85-886.

487 So.2d 63 (1986)

Abraham DAWKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John T. Kilcrease, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James A. Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgments and sentences resulting from convictions for possession of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon. We find merit only in appellant's assertion that the trial court departed from the guidelines based on improper reasons.

At the sentencing hearing, a guidelines scoresheet was prepared showing a presumptive sentence of any nonstate prison sanction. However, the trial court departed from the guidelines...

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