Case Name: Charles BRAXTON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-02-03
Citations: 537 So. 2d 713
Docket Number: No. 87-1470
Parties: Charles BRAXTON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHEB, A.C.J., and LEHAN and HALL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 537
Pages: 713–713

Head Matter:
Charles BRAXTON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-1470.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 3, 1989.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and A. Anne Owens, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph R. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial judge gave four reasons for departing upward from the recommended guidelines sentence in this case. We find only one of the reasons (escalating pattern of criminal conduct) valid. The crimes and sentences herein took place before July 1, 1987, and therefore, the standard of review to be applied is that set forth in Albritton v. State, 476 So.2d 158 (Fla.1985). See State v. McGriff, 537 So.2d 107 (Fla.1989).
Because we cannot find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant would have received the same sentence absent the invalid reasons, we affirm the judgment but reverse the sentences herein and remand for resentencing.
SCHEB, A.C.J., and LEHAN and HALL, JJ., concur.