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Fla. Stat. § 921.21 (2025)
Progress reports to Florida Commission on Offender Review.
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921.21 Progress reports to Florida Commission on Offender Review.—From time to time the Department of Corrections shall submit to the Florida Commission on Offender Review progress reports and recommendations regarding prisoners sentenced under s. 921.18. If the classification board of the Department of Corrections determines that justice and the public welfare will best be served by paroling or discharging a prisoner, it shall transmit its finding to the Florida Commission on Offender Review. The commission shall have the authority to place the prisoner on parole as provided by law or give the prisoner a full discharge from custody. The period of a parole granted by the Florida Commission on Offender Review shall be in its discretion, but the parole period may not exceed the maximum term for which the prisoner was sentenced.
History.—s. 5, ch. 57-366; s. 18, ch. 61-530; s. 128, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 70-441; s. 28, ch. 79-3; s. 45, ch. 88-122; s. 1547, ch. 97-102; s. 24, ch. 2014-191.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1980–1982 · leading case: McRae v. State, 383 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980).
McRae v. State, 383 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). “§ 921.21, Fla. Stat. (1977). Accordingly, appellant's judgments and sentences are REVERSED and the cause REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
McRae v. State, 408 So. 2d 775 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). “§ 921.21, Fla.Stat. (1979). Accordingly, the judgment and sentence is affirmed, but the retention of jurisdiction over the sentence pursuant to section 947.”
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