Vasquez v. State

Enrique Vasquez appeals judgments of conviction and an upward departure sentence on two counts of DUI manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury. We affirm the judgments of conviction and comment only upon the alleged error in the departure sentence; Vasquez’s remaining points of error regarding evidentiary rulings are meritless.

The trial court sentenced Vasquez to thirty-five years’ incarceration, an upward departure from the guidelines range of seventeen to twenty-two years. The trial court’s written reasons for departure included Vasquez’s…