COOPER v. STATE

No. 4D99-2708.

764 So.2d 934 (2000)

Leon COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 23, 2000.


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 Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


SHAHOOD, J.

Appellant pled guilty to second degree murder. He was sixteen at the time the offense was committed, and seventeen at the time of sentencing. The recommended guideline sentence was 224.6 months (18.7 years) in prison. The court sentenced him as an adult to thirty years in prison, citing the victim's vulnerability and the appellant's escalating pattern of criminal conduct as aggravating factors supporting upward departure. Appellant correctly contends that...

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