Melton v. State (464 So. 2d 1352, 1985)

Florida District Court of Appeal 1985-03-19

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PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. Dickey v. State, 458 So.2d 1156 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

THOMPSON and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.

WENTWORTH, J., concurs specially.

WENTWORTH, Judge,

concurring specially.

I agree with affirmance although the pattern of prior convictions here (a robbery and battery on a law officer) does not parallel that in Dickey. The trial court states reasons why the nature of prior convictions requires a sentence exceeding the guidelines’ computation (non-state prison) already based on those convictions, including their violent character and extended period “dating back to 1974.”