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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 921
SENTENCE
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921.12 Fees of physicians when pregnancy is alleged as cause for not pronouncing sentence.—The court shall allow reasonable fees to the physicians appointed to examine a defendant who has alleged her pregnancy as a cause for not pronouncing sentence. The fees shall be paid by the county in which the indictment was found or the information or affidavit filed.
History.—s. 258, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(267); s. 122, ch. 70-339.

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Trapp v. State, 760 So. 2d 924 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 91 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2000 WL 702392

on the prior aggravated battery offense. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1994); see also Initial Brief
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In Re Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 196 So. 2d 124 (Fla. 1967).

Cited 21 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1967 Fla. LEXIS 3956

...If the court decides that the defendant is not pregnant, it shall proceed to pronounce sentence. If it decides that she is pregnant, it shall commit her to prison until it appears that she is not pregnant and shall then pronounce sentence upon her. Committee Note: A revamped version of Section 921.12....
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Sanders v. State, 847 So. 2d 504 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003).

Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 1610878

are assessed different guideline points. See § 921.012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1998). [3] A category-two permissive
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Nettles v. State, 850 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 2003).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2003 WL 21467521

used in both sections of the statutes. Compare § 921.0012 with § 921.0022.
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Grinage v. State, 641 So. 2d 1362 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 444883

2d 1355 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). [4] But see section 921.0012 (the offense severity ranking chart) which
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In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 246494

...If the Ccourt decides that the defendant is not pregnant, it shall proceed to pronounce sentence. If it decides that she is pregnant, it shall commit her to prison until it appears that she is not pregnant and shall then pronounce sentence upon her. Committee Notes 1968 Adoption. A revamped version of section 921.12, Florida Statutes....
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Maglio v. State, 918 So. 2d 369 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 3478162

but robbery with a weapon is a level 8 offense. § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. Under the Ohio statute for aggravated
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Ward v. State, 730 So. 2d 728 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 224936

offenses for sentencing guidelines purposes. § 921.0012(3)(i), Fla. Stat. (1995). Therefore, it makes
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Anderson v. State, 865 So. 2d 640 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 256978

offense levels below the completed crime. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994); § 777.04(4)(a), Fla
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Colson v. State, 711 So. 2d 604 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 236311

However, section 806.13(1)(b)3. is not listed in section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1994), which ranks
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Gamble v. State, 723 So. 2d 905 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 4950

chart and ranked as a level seven offense. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994). At sentencing, the trial
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Wilson v. State, 913 So. 2d 1277 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 3077225

Wilson's claim involves a glitch that existed in section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (1993). Mr. Wilson was charged
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Roberts v. State, 715 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 396728

listed in the offense severity ranking chart, section 921.0012, must be ranked as a level seven offense.
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Holybrice v. State, 753 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 201440

severity ranking is to be determined by examining section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (1997). The robberies were
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Ducharme v. State, 690 So. 2d 1358 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 148666

offense under the severity ranking chart of "section 921.0012," resulting in the assessment of 74 points
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Greene v. State, 714 So. 2d 554 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 336337

tied more to offense level than to degree. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (1993). After the 1993 amendments
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Perry v. State, 705 So. 2d 615 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 2511

as a level nine offense. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (1993); § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994). The original
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Lee v. State, 779 So. 2d 607 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 194068

level of the offense severity ranking chart, § 921.0012(3), Fla. Stat. (1997), which entails the assessment
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Gibson v. State, 691 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 162717

error based upon the improper application of section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (1993). Florida Rule of
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Millien v. State, 766 So. 2d 475 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 1345946

section 794.011(8)(b) (1993). Florida Statutes section 921.0012 (1993), contains the sentencing guidelines
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Osorio v. State, 746 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 821206

second-degree felony and a level 8 offense. See § 921.0012(3), Fla. Stat. (1997). The State argues that
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Pelham v. State, 771 So. 2d 1254 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 1700175

manslaughter conviction is scored at level eight. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994). Therefore, we affirm
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Wilson v. State, 877 So. 2d 27 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 1175574

have been scored as a level eight offense. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (1996). There is nothing in the record
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Chavis v. State, 796 So. 2d 607 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 1104452

scored as a level nine offense pursuant to section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (1995). In January 2001
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Jenkins v. State, 661 So. 2d 411 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 608506

rule 3.702, "[f]elony offenses not listed in section 921.0012 are to be assigned a severity level as described
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Rager v. State, 720 So. 2d 1134 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 769782

second degree felony). [4] Specifically, section 921.0012 sets forth an "offense severity ranking chart"
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Ackerman v. State, 737 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 410316

manslaughter; failing to render aid or give information." § 921.0012(3), Fla. Stat. (1997). We conclude, however,
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Williams v. State, 784 So. 2d 524 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 417331

in the offense severity ranking chart under section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (Supp.1994), the offense
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Kahn v. State, 700 So. 2d 767 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 639003

because the trial court improperly applied section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (1993), to this offense
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Mitchell v. State, 975 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 611608

sub-subparagraph 893.135(1)(b)1.a. is a level 7 offense, see § 921.0012(3)(g), Fla. Stat. (2004); a violation of sub-subparagraph
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Rendon v. State, 690 So. 2d 645 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 106568

sentences pertain to felonies, not misdemeanors. See § 921.0012, Fla.Stat. (1995); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.988. We note
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Milligan v. Cnty. Bd. of Co. Com'rs, 704 So. 2d 1050 (Fla. 1998).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...§ 914.11 (county must pay costs associated with procuring attendance of witnesses for indigent defendants); id. § 921.09 (county must pay fees of physicians who examine defendants who allege insanity as a cause for not pronouncing sentence); id. § 921.12 (county must pay fees of physicians who examine defendants who allege pregnancy as a cause for not pronouncing sentence); id....
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Pantle v. State, 784 So. 2d 1139 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 166792

home-invasion robbery was not listed on the chart. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp 1994). To find the offense
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Kennedy v. State, 915 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 3299707

stated that, "[e]xcept as otherwise provided in § 921.0012, the offense of criminal conspiracy is ranked
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Richman v. State, 793 So. 2d 1072 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 863618

Second degree murder is a level ten offense, § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1998), which is reduced to
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Robinson v. State, 826 So. 2d 1061 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 14044, 2002 WL 31127197

the *1062manner committed. However, under section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (Supp.1994), only where
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Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure re Sentencing Guidelines, 685 So. 2d 1213 (Fla. 1996).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 21 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 407, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 1631, 1996 WL 547189

offense severity ranking chart located at section 921.0012. The offense severity ranking chart employs
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Gill v. State, 886 So. 2d 988 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 14102, 2004 WL 2112708

question turns on the effect of the provision of section 921.0012(3)(i), Florida Statutes (Supp.1996), establishing
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Pentz v. State, 642 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 9157, 1994 WL 515731

significant, however, that the legislature in section 921.0012 (the offense severity ranking chart) recognizes
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Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure re Sentencing Guidelines, 660 So. 2d 1374 (Fla. 1995).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 490, 1995 Fla. LEXIS 1555, 1995 WL 555322

offense severity ranking chart located at section 921.0012. The offense severity ranking chart employs
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Carter v. State, 939 So. 2d 1170 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 17837, 2006 WL 3018057

GUNTHER, STONE and MAY, JJ., concur. . See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994).
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Urquhart v. State, 967 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 16468, 2007 WL 3033514

not listed in section 921.0012. A third-degree felony that is not listed in section 921.0012 is scored as
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Rouse v. State, 720 So. 2d 584 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 12846, 1998 WL 712807

the crime in subsections 827.03(2)(a)-(c). Section 921.0012(3), Florida Statutes (1997), classifies an
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Sauceda v. State, 724 So. 2d 107 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 12859, 1998 WL 712912

occupied dwelling is a level seven offense, see § 921.0012(3)(g), Fla. Stat. (1995), for which the guidelines
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Wojnar v. City of Tarpon Springs ex rel. Tarpon Springs Police Dep't, 684 So. 2d 197 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 10460, 1996 WL 582566

felony is subject to level one punishment. See § 921.0012(3), Fla. Stat. (1995). Thus, it will normally
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Atwater v. State, 741 So. 2d 1240 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 13139, 1999 WL 777718

substantive offense, unless otherwise provided in section 921.0012, Florida Statutes. Racketeering is ranked
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Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure re Sentencing Guidelines, 628 So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 1993).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 617, 1993 Fla. LEXIS 1928, 1993 WL 490876

offense severity ranking chart located at section 921.0012. The offense severity ranking chart employs
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Nelson v. State, 933 So. 2d 118 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 8640, 2006 WL 1487696

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994); Brown v. State, 827 So.2d 1054 (Fla. 2d
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State v. Wilson, 734 So. 2d 521 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 6683, 1999 WL 318814

law enforcement officer to be unlisted in section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (1993), and ranked it as
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Holt v. State, 808 So. 2d 290 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 341120

See Ch. 93-156, §§ 3-4, at 911, Laws of Fla. Section 921.0012, which contains the sentencing guidelines
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Holt v. State, 781 So. 2d 498 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 4105, 2001 WL 303286

severity ranking chart was section 827.03(l)(a). See § 921.0012, Fla.Stat. (1994 Supp.) (level 8). The offenses
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Diaz v. State, 782 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 3386, 2001 WL 256292

scoresheet and which appears to have merit. See § 921.0012, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1994).1 We affirm the order
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Henderson v. State, 689 So. 2d 1196 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 2126, 1997 WL 106968

than 400 grams is ranked as a level 8 severity. § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994). Under rule 3.702(d)(6)
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Ellis v. State, 855 So. 2d 101 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 9497, 2003 WL 21471709

scored as level eight offenses pursuant to section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1994). In his direct
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Williams v. State, 779 So. 2d 389 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 7849, 2000 WL 801138

statutory offense severity ranking chart of section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (1995). He bases his argument
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Hicks v. State, 711 So. 2d 1366 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 7166, 1998 WL 314736

section 893.13(1)(a)1 is a level five offense. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994).1 Defendant points out
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Ladd v. State, 714 So. 2d 533 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 7147, 1998 WL 316560

third-degree felony, ranked in level 3 through 10 of section 921.0012, the offense of criminal attempt is also a
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Pippin v. State, 765 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 6626, 2000 WL 702399

State, 714 So.2d 1167 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). Section 921.0012, Florida Statutes, classifies burglary with
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Riley v. State, 884 So. 2d 218 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 11345, 2004 WL 1698090

nine offense in the 1994 ranking chart under section 921.0012, it must be scored as a level seven offense
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Johnson v. State, 715 So. 2d 1017 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 9052, 1998 WL 406308

of equal severity as the completed crime. Section 921.0012, which designates the severity ranking of
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Milligan v. Palm Beach Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 704 So. 2d 1050 (Fla. 1998).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 22, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1

as a cause for not pronouncing sentence); id. § 921.12 (county must pay fees of physicians who examine
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Beiro v. State, 739 So. 2d 99 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 309, 1999 WL 19135

scored as a level seven offense. However, section 921.0012(3)(f), Florida Statutes (1995), lists section
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Hugh v. State, 918 So. 2d 987 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 973, 2006 WL 305974

PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (1997). THOMPSON, ORFINGER and MONACO, JJ., concur
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Poe v. State, 689 So. 2d 333 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 1231, 1997 WL 47276

level 6 and level 4 offenses, respectively. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (1995). He contends that, had the
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Griffin v. State, 729 So. 2d 423 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 1499, 1999 WL 73967

of section 784.07, Florida Statutes (1983). Section 921.0012(3), Florida Statutes (1997), lists a violation
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State v. Mendoza, 705 So. 2d 1056 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1211, 1998 WL 56307

reflect a score for a level nine offense. See § 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (1993). Affirmed in part, reversed
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Tomlin v. State, 725 So. 2d 466 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 1372, 1999 WL 77748

at offense level 3, earning only 1.6 points. § 921.0012, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1998). Changing this particular
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Pratte v. State, 946 So. 2d 1184 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 21455, 2006 WL 3751299

sentencing points for each robbery conviction. See § 921.0012(3)(h), Fla. Stat. (2001). Mr. Pratte’s scoresheet
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Kristina Lawhon-Griffis v. State of Florida, 179 So. 3d 553 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 18022, 2015 WL 7740401

apply credit for time served only pursuant to Section 921.0012, Florida Statutes (2001).” The court concluded
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Reynolds v. State, 622 So. 2d 1139 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 8439, 1993 WL 309053

agree with the state that the amendment to section 921.0012 requires affirmance. Harrelson v. State, 616
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Carson v. State, 731 So. 2d 157 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 5546, 1999 WL 252397

PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See § 921.0012, 775.0845, 777.04; Lamont v. State, 610 So.2d 435 (Fla.1992); Maddox
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Jefferson v. State, 847 So. 2d 534 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 5417, 2003 WL 1878086

language in the offense severity ranking chart of F.S. 921.0012 that such deviation renders the offense an uncharged
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Mouissa v. State, 652 So. 2d 1282 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 3690, 1995 WL 215010

dwelling, a Level 7 offense carrying 42 points. § 921.0012, Fla.Stat. (1993). The corrected “total sentence

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