Case Name: William BERRY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-04-17
Citations: 561 So. 2d 330
Docket Number: No. 89-706
Parties: William BERRY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 561
Pages: 330–330

Head Matter:
William BERRY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 89-706.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 17, 1990.
Rehearing Denied June 16, 1990.
John Lipinski, Miami, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Where a defendant was in a position of familial authority and by virtue of that authority a special trust existed which he breached, a valid reason for a guideline departure sentence existed. Gopaul v. State, 536 So.2d 296 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). In our view the same rule applies notwithstanding that the rape victim is the defendant's emancipated teen-aged daughter. It was the familial relationship which brought the girl, along with her infant child, back to her father's home for a visit where she was forced to submit to her father's advances under the threat of violence.
Affirmed.