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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 921
SENTENCE

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F.S. 921.00265

921.00265 Recommended sentences; departure sentences; mandatory minimum sentences.—This section applies to any felony offense, except any capital felony, committed on or after October 1, 1998.

(1) The lowest permissible sentence provided by calculations from the total sentence points pursuant to s. 921.0024(2) is assumed to be the lowest appropriate sentence for the offender being sentenced. A departure sentence is prohibited unless there are mitigating circumstances or factors present as provided in s. 921.0026 which reasonably justify a departure.

(2) A sentence that decreases an offender’s sentence below the lowest permissible sentence is a departure sentence and must be accompanied by a written statement by the sentencing court delineating the reasons for the departure, filed within 7 days after the date of sentencing. A written transcription of reasons stated orally at sentencing for departure from the lowest permissible sentence is permissible if it is filed by the court within 7 days after the date of sentencing.

(3) Any offender who is sentenced to a departure sentence or any offender who is subject to a minimum mandatory sentence must have the departure sentence and any minimum mandatory sentence so noted on the sentencing scoresheet.

History.—s. 9, ch. 98-204.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 921.00265

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 921.00265.

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Cases Citing Statute 921.00265

Total Results: 20

State of Florida v. Yolanda Denise Harvey

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-06-28

Citation: 274 So. 3d 1240

Snippet: the downward departure as required by section 921.00265(2), Florida Statutes (2017), we are constrained

Champagne v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-24

Citation: 269 So. 3d 629

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced," § 921.00265(1), and it "is the minimum sentence that may be

Champagne v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-24

Citation: 269 So. 3d 629

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced," § 921.00265(1), and it "is the minimum sentence that may be

RENALDO CHAMPAGNE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-24

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced," § 921.00265(1), and it "is the minimum sentence that

State v. Howard L. Hawkins, Jr.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-08-18

Citation: 225 So. 3d 943, 2017 WL 3567172, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 11863

Snippet: the offender being sentenced.’ ” Id. (quoting § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2012)). Section 921.0026(2) contains

State of Florida v. Brian Mitchell Lee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-06-01

Citation: 223 So. 3d 342, 2017 WL 2374401, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 7886

Snippet: count and to run the sentences consecutively. §§ 921.00265(1), 921.16(1), Fla. Stat. (2013). Thus, Lee was

Bailey Jr. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-07-13

Citation: 199 So. 3d 304, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10686

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced.” § 921.00265, Fla. Stat. (2010). “A departure sentence is prohibited

Miguel Angel Alfonso-Roche v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-06-01

Citation: 199 So. 3d 941, 2016 WL 3065576, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8352

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced.” § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). While the trial judge may

Richard Walker v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-04-20

Citation: 193 So. 3d 946, 2016 WL 1579077, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5994

Snippet: which reasonably justify a departure. § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2011). The court’s statements

State v. Knight

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-01-08

Citation: 182 So. 3d 887, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 311, 2016 WL 81604

Snippet: imposing a departure sentence is established. § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2015); see also State v. Roper

Rankin v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-09-16

Citation: 174 So. 3d 1092, 2015 WL 5438665

Snippet: So.3d 1018, 1019 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012) (citing § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2010)). “To determine whether

Brian M. Rankin v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-09-16

Citation: 174 So. 3d 1092, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13811

Snippet: 3d 1018, 1019 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012) (citing § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2010)). “To determine whether

State v. Lindsay

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-05-01

Citation: 163 So. 3d 721, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 6430, 2015 WL 1942890

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced.” § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2008). A departure sentence is

State of Florida v. Vernal Murray

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-04-08

Citation: 161 So. 3d 1287, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 5114

Snippet: present which reasonably justify a departure. § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2013). “Departures below the lowest

State v. Hodges

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-11-12

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced.” § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2012). The trial court may not

State v. Hodges

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-11-12

Citation: 151 So. 3d 531, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 18400, 2014 WL 5836122

Snippet: sentence for the offender being sentenced.” § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2012). The'trial court may not

State of Florida v. Rodney Larry Robinson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-11-05

Citation: 149 So. 3d 1199

Snippet: § 921.0024(2), Fla. Stat. (2011); see also § 921.00265(1), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“A departure sentence is

Reginald L. Bryant v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-10-09

Citation: 148 So. 3d 1251, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 591, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2970

Snippet: required by statute and rule. Id.; see also § 921.00265(2), Fla. Stat.; Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.704(d)(27).

State of Florida v. Harry James Chubbuck

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-06-19

Citation: 141 So. 3d 1163, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 437, 2014 WL 2765926, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1982

Snippet: 7 days after the date of sentencing. § 921.00265(2), Fla. Stat. (2009).

Kemar Rochester v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-06-05

Citation: 140 So. 3d 973, 2014 WL 2516154, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1812

Snippet: the statutory criteria of sections 921.0026 and 921.00265, Florida Statutes, concerning the requirements