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Melvin F. SANDERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 96-1204.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    June 11, 1997.
    Rehearing Denied July 9, 1997.
    Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Coral Gables, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Keith S. Kromash, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and SORONDO, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

We have carefully reviewed the record and, based upon the points raised, find no error in the defendant’s conviction for attempted first degree murder with a firearm and the departure sentence of life imprisonment with a three-year minimum mandatory term. See § 921.001(6), Fla.Stat. (1993) (“When multiple reasons exist to support a departure from a guidelines sentence, the departure shall be upheld when at least one circumstance or factor justifies the depar-ture_”); State v. Darrisaw, 660 So.2d 269, 270 (Fla.1995) (noting that section 921.001(8), Florida Statutes (1993), allows for the imposition of a departure sentence when the facts indicate “an escalating pattern of criminal conduct”); Keys v. State, 500 So.2d 134, 136 (Fla.1986) (finding that an “escalation from crimes against property to violent crimes against persons is a clear and convincing reason for departure”).

Affirmed.