Court Opinion

ID: 7688571
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 03:24:34.477412+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:26:38.311267
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STONE, Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur specially to note that in my judgment, a record of prior misdemeanors alone should not be permitted to serve as a basis for deviating from the sentencing guidelines on the grounds of an escalating pattern of criminal conduct. However, I acknowledge that we have previously recognized, albeit indirectly, that the commission of a single felony following a misdemeanor record may furnish sufficient basis for finding a pattern of increasingly serious activity. See Darrisaw v. State, 642 So.2d 615 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994), rev. granted, 650 So.2d 991 (Fla.1995).