
    Samuel G. VELEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 3D04-2575.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Nov. 10, 2004.
    Rehearing Denied Dec. 17, 2004.
    Samuel G. Velez, in proper person.
    Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before GREEN, FLETCHER and RAMIREZ, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Hernandez v. State, 575 So.2d 640, 642 (Fla.1991) (stating that “Our case law holds that a departure sentence may be proper where a person’s criminal record exhibits an ‘escalating course’ of criminality”), citing Keys v. State, 500 So.2d 134, 135 (Fla.1986).  