MORRISON v. STATE

No. 95-0987.

673 So.2d 953 (1996)

Naomi MORRISON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Michelle A. Konig, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

The appellant challenges the trial court's upward departure of her sentence for aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older, robbery, and burglary of a conveyance. Holding that the evidence supported a finding of extreme emotional trauma, we affirm.

In the course of the robbery of a 90-year-old man, the appellant, who was HIV-positive, bit the victim's arm to the bone. The trial court articulated four reasons for departure: (1) the...

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