Berry v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Berry v. State, 587 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 1991)
16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 683; 1991 Fla. LEXIS 1758; 1991 WL 211377
Barrett, Grimes, Harding, Kogan, McDonald, Overton, Shaw

Berry v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review Berry v. State, 561 So.2d 330 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), based upon conflict with Davis v. State, 517 So.2d 670 (Fla. 1987). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

In Berry, the district court held that Berry’s use of familial trust to effectuate the rape of his emancipated teenaged daughter justified a departure sentence. We addressed the same issue in Barnes v. State, 588 So.2d 585 (Fla. 1991), and rejected the use of familial trust as grounds for departure under circumstances where a husband called his wife home from work and then attempted to kill her. Similarly, in Davis, we rejected familial trust as a grounds for departure where a wife shot her husband while he was sleeping in bed.

Consistent with Barnes and Davis, we quash the decision of the district court in Berry and remand for further proceedings in accordance with Barnes and Davis.

It is so ordered.

*469SHAW, C.J. and OVERTON, McDonald, BARRETT and KOGAN, JJ., concur. HARDING, J., dissents with an opinion, in which GRIMES, J., concurs.

Dissenting Opinion

HARDING, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent based upon my dissenting opinion in Barnes v. State, 588 So.2d 585 (Fla. 1991).

GRIMES, J., concurs.

Reference

Full Case Name
William BERRY v. STATE of Florida
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published