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552 So. 2d 306

Docket No. 88-1913.

Whitaker v. State

Terramikia T. WHITAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 16, 1989.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1989-11-16

Relies on 475 So. 2d 1218 - Hendrix v. State

Decided 1989-11-16

¶1*307 Thomas C. Greene of Greene, Colegrove, deGroot Chartered, Sanford, for appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Pamela D. Cichon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

¶3GOSHORN, Judge.

¶4Terramikia Whitaker appeals the departure sentence imposed after jury convictions for second degree murder, aggravated battery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, carrying a concealed firearm, and discharging a firearm in public.

¶5The trial court gave the following reason for the departure sentence:

This sentence is aggravated by reason of the defendant's total disregard for the safety of other persons and the unreasonable risk towards other persons present at the time of the offense which involved a firearm.

¶6The statutory prohibition against discharging a firearm in public is founded upon a need to protect the public's safety. Therefore, risk of harm to third persons and disregard for the safety of others were already factored into the guidelines scoresheet by virtue of Whitaker's conviction for discharging a firearm in public. Because factors already considered in calculating a guidelines score cannot justify a departure sentence, Hendrix v. State, 475 So.2d 1218 (Fla. 1985), we affirm the convictions but reverse the departure sentence and remand for resentencing.

¶7AFFIRMED and part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED for resentencing.

¶8COWART and HARRIS, JJ., concur.

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