BLOUNT v. STATE

No. 89-02688.

581 So.2d 604 (1991)

Eddie D. BLOUNT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert D. Rosen, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


LEHAN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his sentence upon his conviction for attempted first-degree murder and robbery. He contends that the trial court erred in departing from the sentencing guidelines on the basis of a finding of excessive physical trauma suffered by the victim. The basis for his contention is that a codefendant actually inflicted the trauma by shooting the victim. We reverse.

We recognize that, as the trial court found, defendant admitted...

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