Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

Hope v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 14, 1999 · Klein, Taylor, Warner

736 So. 2d 1256; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 9230; 1999 WL 493909 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Hope v. State (Fla. 2001)
Maddox v. State (Fla. 2000)
Maddox v. State (Fla. 2000)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Ricky Hope, was convicted by jury of attempted first degree murder and sentenced to the statutory maximum of thirty years imprisonment. We affirm the upward departure sentence upon our finding that one of the reasons given by the trial court for departure is valid — i.e., that appellant is not amenable to rehabilitation as evidenced by an escalating pattern of criminal conduct. See State v. Darrisaw, 660 So.2d 269 (Fla. 1995).

We affirm the addition of thirty points for a prior serious felony to appellant’s scoresheet because appellant failed to preserve this issue for appellate review. Hyden v. State, 715 So.2d 960 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998); Tanner v. State, 724 So.2d 643 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).

AFFIRMED.

WARNER, C.J., KLEIN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.