Case Name: Michael Scott BARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-07-30
Citations: 491 So. 2d 1279
Docket Number: No. 85-1413
Parties: Michael Scott BARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and LEHAN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 491
Pages: 1279–1279

Head Matter:
Michael Scott BARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-1413.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 30, 1986.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Candance M. Sunderland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
FRANK, Judge.
It is once again our task to review a sentence imposed outside the guidelines as a result of impermissible reasons for departure being joined with a permissible reason. Although the defendant acknowledges that the trial court could properly consider his juvenile record as a basis for departure, Weems v. State, 469 So.2d 128 (Fla.1985), the other stated reasons relied upon by the trial court are invalid. The defective departure grounds include the fact that the defendant had been convicted of six crimes as an adult, even though he had only reached the age of 21, and the trial court's determination that his prior sentence had apparently not deterred him from the ongoing commission of crimes. These reasons derive solely from his prior record and are improper. Hendrix v. State, 475 So.2d 1218 (Fla.1985). Because the state has not demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that the trial court would have departed even had it not considered the invalid reasons, Albritton v. State, 476 So.2d 158 (Fla.1985), we reverse and remand for re-sentencing.
SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and LEHAN, J., concur.