Tucker v. State

W. SHARP, Judge.

Tucker appeals from his judgment and sentence for having burglarized a structure.1 He pled no contest to this charge and was placed on community control. Tucker violated his community control and at the violation hearing, he admitted leaving his last approved residence without permission of his community control officer, failing to complete a court ordered drug program, and committing a retail theft. The trial court imposed a departure sentence of five years because of Tucker’s escalating pattern of criminal activity. We vacate the sentence and remand.

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