At page 998 Entitlement to sentencing guidelines upon probation revocation1 citing caseJerry Hill, Public Defender and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for respondent. ADKINS, Justice. We have for consideration the following…
- Crowder v. State, 735 So. 2d 563 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).publishedSee State v. Boyett, 467 So.2d 997, 998 (Fla.1985); Jackson v. State, 454 So.2d 691, 692 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).
Other citing cases
- Saskowitz v. State, 498 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).published
- Burrell v. State, 483 So. 2d 479 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).published
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Coye Elliott BOYETT, Respondent.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Karla J. Staker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.
[*998] Jerry Hill, Public Defender and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for respondent.
ADKINS, Justice.
We have for consideration the following question certified to us in Boyett v. State, 452 So.2d 958, 960 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), as one of great public importance:
Is a defendant who was placed on probation before October 1, 1983, entitled to elect to be sentenced under the sentencing guidelines after October 1, 1983, upon a revocation of his probation?
We adopt the opinion of the district court of appeal authored by Judge Grimes and answer the question in the affirmative.
It is so ordered.
BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, ALDERMAN, McDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.