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Bailey v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Mar 25, 1986
485 So. 2d 482 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Summary

shooting within a private building

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Opinion

No. 84-1436.

March 25, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Harold Solomon, J.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Margaret S. Brodsky, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Michele L. Crawford, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


The judgment of conviction for second-degree murder is affirmed. Compare State v. Bryan, 287 So.2d 73 (Fla. 1973), cert. denied, 417 U.S. 912, 94 S.Ct. 2611, 41 L.Ed.2d 216 (1974), and Hines v. State, 227 So.2d 334 (Fla. 1st DCA 1969), with Marasa v. State, 394 So.2d 544 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. denied, 402 So.2d 613 (Fla. 1981). However, the sentence above that recommended by the sentencing guidelines must be reversed and the cause remanded for resentencing. As the State candidly admits, of the nine reasons given by the trial court to justify the departure, eight are invalid. The only valid reason given by the trial court is that the defendant created "a risk of harm to other people by shooting a firearm in an occupied business establishment." Since the State has not been able "to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the absence of the invalid reasons would not have affected the departure sentence," we reverse and remand for resentencing. Albritton v. State, 476 So.2d 158, 160 (Fla. 1985). See Flemmings v. State, 476 So.2d 292 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985); Wiggins v. State, 476 So.2d 257 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985); Baker v. State, 466 So.2d 1144 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Bailey v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Mar 25, 1986
485 So. 2d 482 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

shooting within a private building

Summary of this case from Tyner v. State
Case details for

Bailey v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES ROY BAILEY, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Mar 25, 1986

Citations

485 So. 2d 482 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

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