Blair v. State

OPINION ON MANDATE

SHIVERS, Judge.

The Supreme Court of Florida reviewed our opinion in Blair v. State, 559 So.2d 349 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), pursuant to its discretionary review power. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution; 598 So.2d 1068 (Fla.1992). In Blair, we affirmed appellant’s judgment of guilt on counts of armed robbery and first-degree murder. We held the trial court’s departure from the recommended guidelines sentence on the armed robbery count was proper, based on an escalating pattern of criminality. We found reversible error, however, in the imposition of consecutive mandatory…