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Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1985

Melton v. State

Melton v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 19, 1985 · Thompson, Wentworth, Wigginton
464 So. 2d 1352; 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 13039 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)
Melton v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. Dickey v. State, 458 So.2d 1156 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

THOMPSON and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur. WENTWORTH, J., concurs specially.

Concurring Opinion

WENTWORTH, Judge,

concurring specially.

I agree with affirmance although the pattern of prior convictions here (a robbery and battery on a law officer) does not parallel that in Dickey. The trial court states reasons why the nature of prior convictions requires a sentence exceeding the guidelines’ computation (non-state prison) already based on those convictions, including their violent character and extended period “dating back to 1974.”

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