STATE v. JONES

No. 70138.

530 So.2d 53 (1988)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Cledius Orlando JONES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and John M. Koenig, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Pamela D. Presnell, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondent.


KOGAN, Justice.

Cledius Orlando Jones pled guilty to burglary of a dwelling, grand theft, and trafficking in stolen property. The trial judge departed from the recommended guidelines sentence of four and one-half years to five and one-half years incarceration and sentenced Jones to ten years in the state prison.1 The trial judge gave two reasons for departure:

1) the defendant's extensive juvenile record; and 2) [the...

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