Case ID: so2d_506/html/1033-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Marvin Raymond BALLARD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 68967.
    Supreme Court of Florida.
    March 26, 1987.
    Rehearing Denied June 1, 1987.
    Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, and Margaret Good, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Noel A. Pelella, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

We originally accepted jurisdiction to determine whether an escalating pattern of more serious offenses is a valid reason for sentencing guidelines departure. In Keys v. State, 500 So.2d 184 (Fla.1986), we recently resolved this issue consistent with the district court. Accordingly, we approve the district court decision on this issue.

It is so ordered.

McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.