WILLIS v. STATE (1997)

District Court of Appeal of Florida,Fourth District.

Alice Jean WILLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 95-1904.

Decided: September 03, 1997

Michael E. Dutko of Bogenschutz & Dutko, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Appellant, Alice Jean Willis, was tried by jury and convicted of second degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the second degree. We affirm.

The trial court found that Appellant violated the victim's trust. See Davis v. State, 517 So.2d 670, 674 (Fla.1987). This one factor is sufficient grounds for a departure sentence. See § 921.001(6) Fla. Stat. (1993).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment and the departure sentence.

COSTELLO, DEDEE S., Associate Judge.

DELL and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.

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