SCHWARTZ, ALAN R., Associate Judge.
The defendant appeals from an upward departure from the sentencing guidelines. Based solely upon the fact that Frederick committed the present offense of simple possession of cocaine seventy-eight days after being discharged from a four-month jail term for his only prior conviction which was for sale of cocaine, the trial judge sentenced him to the maximum statutory term of five years, well in excess of the guidelines recommendation...
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