Title: State v. Baker

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

483 So. 2d 423 (1986)
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, Cross-Respondent,
v.
Terence A. BAKER, Respondent, Cross-Petitioner.
No. 66963.

Supreme Court of Florida.
February 6, 1986.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Jacki B. Geartner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner, cross-respondent.
*424 Harold Mendelow, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, North Miami Beach, for respondent, cross-petitioner.
EHRLICH, Justice.
This case is before us for review of the same question certified in, inter alia, Young v. State, 455 So. 2d 551 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984):
Baker v. State, 466 So. 2d 1144, 1146 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
The district court below disallowed four of five reasons for upward departure from the sentence recommended under the sentencing guidelines on a plea of guilty by Baker to seven charges arising from a paint store burglary. Baker struggled with a police officer attempting to arrest him and shot, but did not kill, the officer with the officer's weapon. The one reason for departure found valid by the district court was the fact that the victim was a uniformed police officer.
As we found in State v. Young, 476 So. 2d 161 (Fla. 1985), "the district court here was unable to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that the impermissible reasons [for departure] did not affect the departure sentence." Id. at 162. Under these circumstances, Albritton v. State, 476 So. 2d 158 (Fla. 1985) controls, and the district court here properly remanded the case for resentencing.
Baker challenges the holding that shooting a uniformed police officer is a valid reason for departure. We agree with the district court that
Baker, 466 So. 2d  at 1146.
Accordingly, the decision of the district court is approved.
It is so ordered.
BOYD, C.J., and ADKINS, OVERTON, McDONALD, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.