Wesson v. State

SHARP, Chief Judge.

Wesson appeals a five-year sentence he received for violating his probation after pleading guilty to grand theft of a motor vehicle (§ 812.014, Fla.Stat.). The guidelines sentence called for a non-state prison sanction, but the trial court departed upwards by four cells, giving written reasons therefor. We affirm.

An affidavit of probation violation was filed by Wesson’s probation officer alleging, inter alia, that Wesson had committed another grand theft of a motor vehicle offense in February, 1987, during the period of his probation. At the probation revocation hearing,…