Following his conviction for escape, appellant received a fifteen-year sentence, which is to run consecutively with his life sentence for first-degree murder. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in using the uns-coreable prior conviction for first degree murder as the sole reason for departure. We disagree and affirm. See Puffinberger v. State, 581 So.2d 897 (Fla. 1991); Weems v. State, 469 So.2d 128 (Fla. 1985).