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Jesus RUIZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Affirmed. See Albritton v. State, 476 So. 2d 158, 160 (Fla. 1985) superseded on other grounds by ch. 87-110, § 2, Laws of Fla. (holding that “when a departure sentence is grounded on both valid and invalid reasons [ ] the sentence should be reversed and the case remanded for resentencing unless the state is able to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the absence of the invalid reasons would not have affected the departure sentence.”); Ruiz v. State, 516 So. 2d 1057, 1058 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (“Ruiz I”) (affirming defendant's sentence because the two invalid bases for an upward departure were subsumed within the third basis (an escalating pattern of criminal activity), and holding “it is clear to us ․ that the sentence would have been the same without the invalid reasons”); see also Tundidor v. State, 221 So. 3d 587, 605 (Fla. 2017) (holding “the error is harmless if the record conclusively shows that the trial court would have imposed the same sentence using a corrected scoresheet.”).
PER CURIAM.
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Docket No: No. 3D24-2054
Decided: December 10, 2025
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
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