Case Name: Jeremiah MARION, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-04-10
Citations: 559 So. 2d 389
Docket Number: No. 88-2232
Parties: Jeremiah MARION, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 559
Pages: 389–390

Head Matter:
Jeremiah MARION, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-2232.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 10, 1990.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Monique T. Befeler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We vacate the appellant's sentence and remand for resentencing within the sentencing guidelines. See Shull v. Dugger, 515 So.2d 748 (Fla.1987).
The trial court's handwritten reason for entering a departure sentence is invalid, since it made no finding concerning any alleged pattern of criminal activity on the part of the appellant. The law is clear that, in order to justify an upward departure, the findings of the trial court concerning the sequential timing of offenses must reflect:
[A] continuing and persistent pattern of criminal activity as evidenced by the timing of each offense in relation to prior offenses and the release from incarceration or other supervision.
State v. Jones, 530 So.2d 53, 56 (Fla.1988).
Accordingly, since the individual act of a criminal nature which is the subject of this case does not, by itself, establish a "pattern" of criminal activity, the sentence must be vacated so as to allow the defen dant to be resentenced within the sentencing guidelines.
Reversed and remanded.