MELTON v. STATE

No. BL-196.

501 So.2d 96 (1987)

Willie Gene MELTON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Paula S. Sanders, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Norma J. Mungenast, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


NIMMONS, Judge.

The appellant pled guilty to burglary of a dwelling and aggravated battery by use of a deadly weapon (knife). He asserts on appeal that the trial court's reasons for imposing sentences in excess of the guidelines were not valid.

The appellant and an accomplice broke into the victim's house. During the burglary, the accomplice wounded the victim with a knife when she fought off the pair's attempts to rape her.

The trial court stated...

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