Case Name: Joseph Randolph MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-07-27
Citations: 528 So. 2d 991
Docket Number: No. 87-0886
Parties: Joseph Randolph MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 528
Pages: 991–992

Head Matter:
Joseph Randolph MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-0886.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 27, 1988.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case involves a departure from a recommended guidelines sentence. We reverse. .
On February 24, 1987, appellant Joseph Randolph Morgan was sentenced for committing numerous burglaries while on probation. The recommended guidelines range called for five and one-half to seven years' imprisonment. The trial judge sentenced appellant to nine and one-half years' imprisonment, departing from the guidelines for the following written reasons:
The Court is of the opinion that the defendant needed to be sentenced to consecutive sentences because of his criminal conduct. The defendant's actions constitute a crime wave, crime spree or what other nomenclature might fit this defendant's actions. It also is the opinion of this Court that the defendant is a danger to this community and only a long period of incarceration will protect the community from this defendant.
A defendant's "crime spree" is not a valid reason for departure when the convictions are scored. State v. Rousseau, 509 So.2d 281, 283 (Fla.1987). Being a "danger to the community" is also an invalid reason for departure. Keys v. State, 500 So.2d 134, 136 (Fla.1986).
Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions that appellant be re-sentenced within the guidelines. Appellant is also entitled for a credit for all time served while awaiting disposition of the probation violation charges. See Sapp v. State, 445 So.2d 1088 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.
COOK, JACK H., Associate Judge, concurs specially with opinion.