WILLIAM CARROLL, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1992-06-02
No. 91-1369
Before JORGENSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
601 So. 2d 268 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1992) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ., concur.

Concurrence
COPE, Judge

COPE, Judge

(specially concurring).

In my view there was at least one valid reason for the departure sentence with respect to the substantive offense — flagrant disregard for the safety of the three small children in the car, who were endangered by appellant’s conduct. See Scurry v. State, 489 So. 2d 25 (Fla.1985) (finding departure reason valid, but not as applied to the facts there presented). Therefore, defense counsel’s advice was correct, and defendant had effective, not ineffective, assistance of counsel.


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