Abt v. State

DELL, Judge.

In Abt v. State, 504 So.2d 548 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), this court rejected seven of the eight reasons given by the trial court to aggravate appellant’s sentence. We held, however, that the record supported the trial court’s departure from the guidelines based upon appellant’s escalating pattern of criminal conduct and that this one reason furnished sufficient grounds therefor under the amendment to section 921.001(5), Florida Statutes (1987). In Abt v. State, 541 So.2d 614 (Fla.1988), the supreme court reversed this court’s decision and held that the amendment to section 921.001(5)…