The 2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022 Special Session A and 2023 Special Session B)
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Affirmed. See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (1999) ("If the lowest permissible sentence under the code exceeds the statutory maximum sentence as provided in [section 775.082, Florida Statutes], the sentence required by the code must be imposed."); State v. Gabriel, 314 So.3d 1243, 1246 (Fla. 2021) ("[U]nder section 921.0024(2), the [lowest permissible sentence] is an individual minimum sentence where there are multiple convictions subject to sentencing on a single scoresheet.").
The State notes that it is also legal for a sentence to exceed the statutory maximum sentence under section 775.082 when the total points in the Criminal Punishment Code sentencing scoresheet result in the lowest permissible sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum. § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). However, the lowest permissible sentence cannot be ascertained on the summary record in this appeal, as the scoresheet is not appended to any of the pleadings or orders.
Under Florida's Criminal Punishment Code, “[t]he permissible range for sentencing shall be the lowest permissible sentence up to and including the statutory maximum, as defined in § 775.082, for the primary offense and any additional offenses before the court for sentencing.” § 921.0024( 2), Fla. Stat. (2003). “The lowest permissible sentence is the minimum sentence that may be imposed by the trial court, absent a valid reason for departure.” Id. To determine the “lowest permissible sentence,” the trial court assesses points for each conviction, for injury suffered by a victim, and for the defendant's criminal history, to calculate a “total sentence points.” § 921.0024( 1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2003). “‘Victim injury' is scored for physical injury or death suffered by a person as a direct result of any offense pending before the court for sentencing.” Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.704(d)(9). See § 921.0021(7)(a), Fla. Stat. (2003). “Victim injury must be scored for each victim physically injured and for each offense resulting in physical injury whether there are one or more victims.” Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.704(d)(9). The Criminal Punishment Code permits a trial court to impose a…
In the case before us, the corrected scoresheet reflects that the lowest permissible prison sentence is 249.3 months, or 20.775 years, for each felony count, which in count two is 5.775 years longer than the original, statutory maximum sentence of fifteen years. Based on the language of section 921.0024( 2), Florida Statutes (2012), "[i]f the lowest permissible sentence under the code exceeds the statutory maximum sentence as provided in [section] 775.082[, Florida Statutes (2012)], the sentence required by the code must be imposed." "[T]he [lowest permissible sentence] is an individual minimum sentence where there are multiple convictions subject to sentencing on a single scoresheet." State v. Gabriel, 314 So.3d 1243, 1246 (Fla. 2021). In other words, it "applies to each felony at sentencing for which the [lowest permissible sentence] exceeds that felony's statutory maximum sentence, regardless of whether the felony is the primary or an additional offense." Champagne v. State, 269 So.3d 629, 636 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) (emphasis added). "A downward departure from the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated according to the total sentence points pursuant to [section…
First, Lynn was on drug offender probation for the third-degree felonies of criminal mischief over $1,000 and possession of a schedule II substance. Upon revoking Lynn's probation, the trial court orally sentenced him to serve six years in prison, with the written judgment showing the six-year sentence on each count to be served concurrently. These sentences exceed the five-year statutory cap for third-degree felonies, and there is nothing contained in the record, such as the lowest permissible sentence on the Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet showing six years, to explain why his sentences should exceed five years. See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2020).
A trial court may impose a downward departure from the lowest possible sentence only if there are circumstances or factors to support the departure; a trial court may not impose a downward departure in the absence of such circumstances or factors. §§ 921.0024(2), 921.0026(1), Fla. Stat. (2021). The onus is on the defendant to establish that a valid reason for a departure exists. See, e.g., State v. Kahl, 333 So. 3d 809, 811–12 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022).
Affirmed. See § 921.0024 (2), Fla. Stat. (2021) ("If the lowest permissible sentence under the [Criminal Punishment Code] exceeds the statutory maximum sentence as provided in s. 775.082, the sentence required by the code must be imposed."); see also State v. Gabriel, 314 So.3d 1243, 1252 (Fla. 2021).
AFFIRMED . See § 921.0024 (2), Fla. Stat. (2021) ("If the lowest permissible sentence under the [Criminal Punishment Code] exceeds the statutory maximum sentence as provided in s. 775.082, the sentence required by the code must be imposed."); see also State v. Gabriel , 314 So. 3d 1243, 1252 (Fla. 2021).
Section 921.0024(2) provides in part:
Florida's Criminal Punishment Code provides that "a digitized sentencing scoresheet must be prepared for every defendant who is sentenced for a felony offense." § 921.0024(7), Fla. Stat. This uniform scoresheet, located in section 921.0024, Florida Statutes, guides the calculation of sentencing points "to determine the permissible range for the sentence that the court may impose." Id. § 921.0024(3).
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . itself clearly states that the multiplier applies to sexual batteries and other felony offenses. § 921.0024 . . . may not apply the multiplier and must sentence the defendant to the statutory maximum sentence." § 921.0024 . . . See § 921.0024(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . .
. . . The "adult-on-minor sex offense" multiplier in section 921.0024(1)(b), Florida Statutes, applies only . . .
. . . Section 921.0024(2) states that when "the lowest permissible sentence under the [CPC] exceeds the statutory . . . The postconviction court denied Champagne's motion, finding that section 921.0024 does not require the . . . In so concluding, the supreme court held that "when section 921.0024(2) applies so that the statutory . . . Analysis Although courts have applied the language of section 921.0024(2) and the holdings of Butler . . . It is evident that the effect of section 921.0024(2)'s directive differs significantly if the LPS is . . .
. . . Sections 921.0021(7) and 921.0024, Florida Statutes, provide for different amounts of injury points depending . . . convicted and which is pending before the court for sentencing at the time of the primary offense."); see § 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . The 1998 version of section 921.0024(1)(b) directs that the assessment of "[c]ommunity sanction violation . . . violation, and for each successive community sanction violation involving a new felony conviction. § 921.0024 . . . Recalculation is not only permitted but required by section 921.0024."). . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . Florida Statutes, and improperly assessed an adult-on-minor sentence points multiplier under section 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .
. . . )(24)(A)-(d)(24)(B) are added in response to chapter 2014-4, Laws of Florida, which amended section 921.0024 . . . the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated according to the total sentence points under section 921.0024 . . . accompany the scoresheet required to be provided to the Department of Corrections under subsection 921.0024 . . .
. . . State , 199 So.3d 941, 946 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) (Gross, J., concurring); see also § 921.0024 (2), Fla. . . .
. . . ." § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . Chapman, 805 So.2d 906, 908 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (citing to section 921.0024, Florida Statutes, which provides . . .
. . . defendant's lowest permissible sentence under the code was 237.45 months, or 19.78 years, and under section 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . . judge-imposed upward departure was at issue in Butler , only the harmonizing of sections 775.082 and 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(b)2.a., Fla. Stat. (2015). . . .
. . . the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated according to the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . but not a forcible felony as defined in s. 776.08 ... and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . . See § 921.0024, Fla. Stat. (addressing the sentencing scoresheet). . . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . . § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2007). . . . reason for departure, to sentence the defendant to the lowest permissible sentence for each crime. § 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2013). . . . statutory maximum sentence as provided in s. 775.082, the sentence required by the code must be imposed.” § 921.0024 . . .
. . . If the State has charged and is seeking the adidt-on-minor sex offense multiplier in § 921.0024(1)(b) . . . If the State charged the defendant in a way to score the adult-on-minor sex offense multiplier in § 921.0024 . . . If the State charged the-defendant in a way to score the adult-on-minor sex offense multiplier in § 921.0024 . . .
. . . nonviolent felony if such nonviolent felony is committed on or after July 1, 2009, and notwithstanding s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . . § 921.0024(2), Fla. . . . .”); Cilio, 913 So.2d at 1234 n. 1 (noting that section 921.0024(2) did not apply in that case). . . .
. . . See §§ 810.02(2)(a), 921.0022(3)(h), 921.0024(l)(a), Fla. Stat (2009). . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total séntence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . Stat. (2004) (classifying second-degree murder as a "Level 10” offense); § 921.0024, Fla. . . . As provided for in section 921.0024(2), the "permissible range for sentencing shall be the lowest permissible . . .
. . . may appeal from: (d) A sentence, on the ground that it is illegal; or (e) A sentence imposed under s. 921.0024 . . . Under the Code, section 921.0024 provides for the preparation of a scoresheet for each defendant, which . . .
. . . Mar. 30, 2016), I argued in dissent that neither section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes (2002), nor the . . . I wrote in Dennard: Section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes (1999), requires that a sentencing score-sheet . . . The sentencing court may impose such sentences concurrently or consecutively.” § 921.0024(2), Fla. . . . sentencing appellant to the LPS for the primary offense satisfies the statutory directive of section 921.0024 . . . motion, the fault in this case really lies in what I believe is an erroneous application of section 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . lowest permissible sentence provided by' calculations from ’the total sentence points pursuant to s.921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . The 2014 legislature added a sentencing multiplier to § 921.0024(l)(b), Fla. . . . The 2014 legislature added a sentencing multiplier to § 921.0024(l)(b), Fla. . . .
. . . P. 3.704(d)(25); see also § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2011). . . . However, “when section 921.0024(2) applies so that the statutory maximum sentence ... is exceeded by . . . Per section 921.0024(2) and Butler, this approximately 11.7 year calculation becomes the required sentence . . .
. . . third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s[ection] 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2013). The trial court sentenced Mr. . . .
. . . penetration, the sexual contact must be scored in accordance with the sentence points provided under s. 921.0024 . . . Under section 921.0024, sexual contact is scored at forty points for each conviction involving sexual . . . Id. § 921.0024(l)(a). . . .
. . . nonviolent felony, the defendant’s Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet total sentence points under s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . maximum sentence as provided in s. 775.082, the sentence required by the code must be imposed.[ ]” § 921.0024 . . . See generally § 921.0024, Fla. Stat. . . . State, 838 So.2d 554, 556 (Fla.2003) (holding that "when section 921.0024(2) applies so that the statutory . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (1998); Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.704(d)(25); Perkins v. . . .
. . . Section 921.0024, Florida Statutes, currently provides for a sentencing multiplier when the primary offense . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(3), Fla. Stat. (2010). . . . .” § 921.0024(3) Fla. Stat. . . . . § 921.0024(1)(a), Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . lowest permissible sentence provided by calculations from the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . .” § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2013) (emphasis added). . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2009); Perkins v. . . .
. . . the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated according to the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . Pursuant to section 921.0024(l)(a), Fla. . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . .” § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2011); see also § 921.00265(1), Fla. . . .
. . . See §§ 921.0024(2), .00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2003). . . .
. . . State, 882 So.2d 977, 985 (Fla.2004) (quoting § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (1999)). . . . third-degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to [section] 921.0024 . . .
. . . amendments to rule 3.992(a) in light of chapter 2014-4, section 9, Laws of Florida, which amends section 921.0024 . . .
. . . I write to agree with Judge Warner that section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes (1999), is unclear on how . . . Section 921.0024(2) provides: The total sentence points shall be calculated only as a means of determining . . . , the legislature needs to clarify its intent as to the application of the last sentence in section 921.0024 . . . The supreme court held that section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes (2002), required sentencing above the . . . Therefore, we must take in that context the court’s pronouncement that “when section 921.0024(2) applies . . . Section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes (1999), requires that a sentencing score-sheet be prepared to arrive . . . The sentencing court may impose such sentences concurrently or consecutively.” § 921.0024(2), Fla. . . . two or more of the sentences for offenses charged in the same information be served consecutively); § 921.0024 . . .
. . . P. 3.704(d)(16); § 921.0024(b), Fla. . . .
. . . See also §§ 921.0024(2); 921.00265, Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2009); Almendares v. . . .
. . . nonviolent felony if such nonviolent felony is committed on or after July 1, 2009, and notwithstanding s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . Section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes (2001), provides in part: If the lowest permissible sentence under . . .
. . . See §§ 921.0024(2), 921.0026, Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .
. . . the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated according to the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . . § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2004). . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . nonviolent felony if such nonviolent felony is committed on or after July 1, 2009, and notwithstanding s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . (b) For purposes of this section and ss. 903.0351, 948.064, and 921.0024, the term “violent felony offender . . .
. . . . §§ 921.0024(2)-(3), 921.0026(1), 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(3), Fla. Stat. (2010); see also Fla. R. Crim. . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . He claimed that his scoresheet was miscalculated because section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes (2005) . . .
. . . .”); § 921.0024(l)(b)2., Fla. . . . See § 921.0024(l)(b)2.a„ Fla. Stat. (2009). . . . . The bill also amends the Criminal Punishment Code (s.921.0024, F.S.) to increase the number of Community . . .
. . . See §§ 921.0024(2), .00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2003). . . .
. . . the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated according to the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . The criminal punishment code, found in section 921.0024, Florida Statutes (2005), states, in relevant . . . The sentencing court may impose such sentences concurrently or consecutively.” § 921.0024(2) (emphasis . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . . refers to the Criminal Punishment Code in designating the total sentence points allowed under section 921.0024 . . .
. . . calculated only as a means of determining the lowest possible sentence, pursuant to Florida Statutes § 921.0024 . . . total of sentencing points on the score-sheet; and consecutive sentences are expressly authorized by §§ 921.0024 . . . Stat. § 921.0024(2) (2003). . . . Stat. § 921.0024(2) (sentencing court may impose sentences concurrently or consecutively). . . .
. . . See § 921.0024, Fla. Stat. (2010); Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.704(d)(25). . . .
. . . . § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2001). . . . State, 6 So.3d 99, 101 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (emphasis omitted) (citing § 921.0024(2), Fla. . . . State, 838 So.2d 554, 556 (Fla.2003) (holding that “when section 921.0024(2) applies so that the statutory . . .
. . . nonviolent felony if such nonviolent felony is committed on or after July 1, 2009, and notwithstanding s. 921.0024 . . . If this is the case, then the language “notwithstanding s. 921.0024 the defendant’s Criminal Punishment . . . If this is the case, then the language “notwithstanding s. 921.0024 the defendant’s Criminal Punishment . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . Further, the trial court also contravened section 921.0024(2), Florida Statutes, which generally requires . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . State, 980 So.2d 613, 615 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) (citing § 921.0024(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2006); Fla. R. . . .
. . . A downward departure from the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated pursuant to section 921.0024 . . .
. . . the lowest permissible sentence, as calculated according to the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . See § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . lowest permissible sentence provided by calculations from the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . . See § 921.0024, Fla. Stat. (2009). . . .
. . . As to the claim that 80 points were erroneously included, section 921.0024, Florida Statutes, provides . . .
. . . any third degree felony violation under chapter 810, and if the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024 . . .
. . . Section 921.0024(3), Florida Statutes, provides: A single scoresheet shall be prepared for each defendant . . . See § 921.0024(3), Fla. Stat; Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.172(c)(1). . . . scored on the Criminal Punishment Code sentencing scoresheet in accord with the provisions of section 921.0024 . . . Section 921.0024(l)(a) provides that forty victim injury points must be imposed for "sexual contact” . . .