Florida Statute 921.185 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 921
SENTENCE

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F.S. 921.185

921.185 Sentence; restitution a mitigation in certain crimes.—In the imposition of a sentence for any felony or misdemeanor involving property, but not injury or opportunity for injury to persons, the court, in its discretion, shall consider any degree of restitution a mitigation of the severity of an otherwise appropriate sentence.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-125.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 921.185

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 921.185.

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Cases Citing Statute 921.185

Total Results: 4

State v. Baron C. Rogers

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-06-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 250 So. 3d 821

Snippet: section 921.185 of the Florida Statutes (2017). That statute reads: 921.185. Sentence… 4 Section 921.185 does not justify the downward departure sentences

and SC14-1952 Jean Claude Noel v. State of Florida and Jean Claude Noel v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-04-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 191 So. 3d 370

Snippet: that Noel’s sentence was authorized by section 921.185, Florida Statutes (2010), which provides, as to…States Constitution. Noel asserts that section 921.185, which affords discretion to the trial courts to…severity of an otherwise appropriate sentence.” § 921.185, Fla. Stat. (2010). A trial court is authorized

Noel v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-11-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 127 So. 3d 769, 2013 WL 6182407, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18880

Snippet: Florida. For crimes “involving property,” section 921.185, Florida Statutes (2010), provides that a sentencing…both authorized under rule 3.800(c) and section 921.185. DeLuise did not take into consideration the statute…precluded from actively using statutes such as section 921.185 to encourage restitution; the prosecution and defense…state would be frustrated; statutes like sections 921.185 and 921.0026(2)(e) would be constitutionally neutered… and the state, within the confines of section 921.185, by facilitating the controlled exchange of betterments

Pinto v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-12-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 721 So. 2d 791, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 15525, 1998 WL 877632

Snippet: more general statute which then applied. See § 921.185, Fla. Stat. (1993); Steiner v. State, 469 So.2d