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Florida Statute 921.22 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 921.22 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 921.22 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
921.22 Determination of exact period of imprisonment by Florida Commission on Offender Review.—Upon the recommendation of the Department of Corrections, the Florida Commission on Offender Review shall have the authority to determine the exact period of imprisonment to be served by defendants sentenced under s. 921.18, but a prisoner may not be held in custody longer than the maximum sentence provided for the offense.
History.—s. 6, ch. 57-366; s. 18, ch. 61-530; s. 129, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 70-441; s. 17, ch. 77-120; s. 29, ch. 79-3; s. 46, ch. 88-122; s. 25, ch. 2014-191.

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·Aversano v. State, 966 So. 2d 493 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Cited 22 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 3010010

higher offense severity rating at sentencing. See § 921.0022(2),(3)(e) & (f), Fla. Stat. (2005) (categorizing
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·Nettles v. State, 850 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 2003).

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

sections of the statutes. Compare § 921.0012 with § 921.0022.
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·Carle v. State, 983 So. 2d 693 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 2276285

under the offense severity ranking chart in section 921.0022(3)(c). The same severity level and felony
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·Fortner v. State, 830 So. 2d 174 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 31268383

790.01(2), Florida Statutes (1987). Under section 921.0022, Florida Statutes (1997),[1] the convictions
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·Ramos v. State, 89 So. 3d 1119 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 2149773, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 9597

crime of aggravated manslaughter of a child. § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (2012) (classifying aggravated manslaughter
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·Laisha L. Landrum v. State of Florida, 192 So. 3d 459 (Fla. 2016).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 274, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 1194, 2016 WL 3191099

(2004). 4 . See § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (2004) (classifying second-degree
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·Rimondi v. State, 89 So. 3d 1059 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 2010866, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 9074

third-degree felony retail theft (level 5 offense). See § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (2009). The state contends that the
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·Walker v. State, 988 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 4462982

the Criminal Punishment Code guidelines. See § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (2003). This case is controlled by
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·White v. State, 41 So. 3d 257 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 6930, 2010 WL 1979164

murder as a category "9" offense, which under section 921.0022, Florida Statutes (2001), specifies that attempted
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·Sumpter v. State, 838 So. 2d 624 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 469699

offense level for this type of robbery is six. See § 921.0022(3)(f), Fla. Stat. (2001). Applying section 775
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·In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure-2018 Regular-cycle Report., 265 So. 3d 494 (Fla. 2018).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

Changes] (2) Felony offenses not listed in section 921.0022 are assigned a severity level in accordance
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·Newman v. State, 738 So. 2d 981 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 24 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1619

latter rule provision has been included in section 921.0022(2), Florida Statutes (Supp.1998). The foregoing
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·Jessica Patrice Anucinski v. State of Florida, 148 So. 3d 106 (Fla. 2014).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 583, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2857, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 583

ranking under the Criminal Punishment Code. See § 921.0022(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (2009).
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Hubard v. State, 17 So. 3d 1274 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 14256, 2009 WL 3049002

is a level 3 offense for scoresheet purposes, § 921.0022(3)(c). When listed in the "Additional Offense(s)"
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In re Adoption of Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure 3.704 & 3.992 to Implement the Florida Crim. Punishment Code, 721 So. 2d 265 (Fla. 1998).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 497, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1829, 1998 WL 650579

offense severity ranking chart located at section 921.0022, Florida Statutes. The offense severity ranking
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Franklin Sanchez v. State, 164 So. 3d 4 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 4426377

offense for which 116 points were properly charged. § 921.0022(3)(j), Fla. Stat. (2007). Failure to demonstrate
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Hwang v. State, 219 So. 3d 67 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 1713682, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 6179

eight offense on the sentencing scoresheet. See § 921.0022(3)(h), Fla. Stat. (2012) (making sexual battery
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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

offense" for purposes of severity ranking. See § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (1998). A person who conspires to
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·Ramroop v. State, 174 So. 3d 584 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13194, 2015 WL 5165545

the victim is a law enforcement officer. See § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (2013).
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·Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure 3.704 & 3.992, 810 So. 2d 826 (Fla. 2001).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 626, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 1929, 2001 WL 1130811

offense severity ranking chart located at section 921.0022, Florida Statutes. The offense severity ranking
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·Jahman Whitfield v. State, 202 So. 3d 456 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 16042

count six is a lower-scoring “level four” felony. § 921.0022(d)-(f), Fla. Stat. (2012). Therefore, we grant
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·Spencer v. State, 780 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 4117, 2001 WL 277045

subsection (2)(a) is a Level 9 offense under section 921.0022(3), Florida Statutes, and "a felony of the
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·Bailey Jr. v. State, 199 So. 3d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10686

the Criminal Punishment Code, see section 921.0022, Florida Statutes (2010), or in applying the
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·Campbell v. State, 48 So. 3d 201 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18295, 2010 WL 4867886

occasion and a home-invasion robbery on another. See § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (2008).
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Gammage v. State, 210 So. 3d 97 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 13264

attempt ... is a felony of the third degree”); § 921.0022(3)(d), Fla. Stat. (2013) (ranking the third-degree
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Kemner v. Hemphill, 199 F. Supp. 2d 1264 (N.D. Fla. 2002).

Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9787, 2002 WL 971734

offense, where 10 is the most severe. FLA.STAT. § 921.0022(3). The other two are assigned to levels 10 and
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Jenkins v. State, 843 So. 2d 309 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 4541, 2003 WL 21106643

PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Section 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (2002). SHARP, W., MONACO, and TORPY, JJ., concur
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In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2018-13., 272 So. 3d 1210 (Fla. 2019).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

sexual penetration. § 921.0022(7), Fla. Stat. Pursuant to § 921.0022(7), Fla. Stat., sexual
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Cory J. Morgan v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

level 1 to 10, with 10 being the most severe. § 921.0022(2), Fla. Stat. The offense severity ranking chart
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Franklin Sanchez v. State (Fla. 4th DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

offense for which 116 points were properly charged. § 921.0022(3)(j), Fla. Stat. (2007). Failure to demonstrate
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Anthony Sampson v. The State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2022).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

felonies, committed on or after January 1, 1994.”); § 921.0022, Fla. Stat. (1997) (providing that Criminal Punishment
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In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure - 2018 Regular-Cycle Report (Fla. 2018).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

(2) Felony offenses not listed in section 921.0022 are assigned a severity level in accordance
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Victor Lawrence Perdue v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2022).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

pursuant to the offense severity ranking chart, section 921.0022, Florida Statutes (2018). Perdue argues
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Monzon v. State, 948 So. 2d 812 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 90, 2007 WL 28260

twenty-eight points on a sentencing score-sheet. See § 921.0022(3), Fla. Stat. (2005) (classifying driving without
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Odell Brown v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

offense, resulting in 3.6 points, pursuant to section 921.0022(3)(d), Florida Statutes (2018), which, in
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Graham v. State, 162 So. 3d 250 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2656, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 538

Statutes, should be scored as a level 3 offense, see § 921.0022, Fla. Stat., and a third-degree felony, § 775
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Amendment to Florida Rule of Crim. Procedure 3.704(d)(23), 763 So. 2d 997 (Fla. 1999).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 24 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 570, 1999 Fla. LEXIS 2166, 1999 WL 1132900

offense severity ranking chart located at section 921.0022, Florida Statutes. The offense severity ranking
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Pembrook v. State, 2 So. 3d 371 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 19382, 2008 WL 5352222

than burglary of a structure, a Level 4 offense. § 921.0022(3), Fla. Stat. (2003). The records attached by
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Fogarty v. State of Florida (Fla. 1st DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

imprisonment. Cf. § 921.0024, Fla. Stat.; see also § 921.0022(3)(i), Fla. Stat. (classifying this offense as
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Joseph v. State, 771 So. 2d 1293 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 16197, 2000 WL 1816705

Florida. Statutes, however, is a level 6 offense, § 921.0022(3) Florida Statutes *1294(1995). We therefore
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Debose v. State of Florida (Fla. 1st DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

statute under which the offender was convicted. See § 921.0022(3), Fla. Stat. (listing offense levels for the

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