TIMOTHY JAMES O'MALLEY, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Court reversed probation violation sentence imposed under sentencing guidelines that had not yet been adopted at the time of sentencing, holding that guideline amendments have no retroactive effect.
Recently approved changes in sentencing guidelines have no retroactive effect and cannot be applied to sentencing that occurred before the amendment's adoption date.
[1] Sentencing guideline amendments adopted after the date of sentencing have no retroactive effect and cannot be applied to sentences imposed before the amendment's effectiv…
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O'Malley was found guilty of violating his probation with a guideline score of fifty points, placing him in the twelve to thirty months range. The tri…
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PER CURIAM.
Upon finding appellant guilty of violation of his probation, the parties agreed that the appellant had a guideline score of fifty points, which placed him in the twelve to thirty months sentence range. However, the trial court felt he could elevate the sentence to the next category or grid on a violation of probation and thus sentenced appellant to two years, ten months, and nine days, with credit for time served. Appellant objected to raising the sentence to the next grid because the amendment to the rule (Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(14)) was not adopted until May 8, 1984, and the sentencing took place on March 5, 1984.
We hold that appellant’s contention has merit. Recently approved changes in the sentencing guidelines have no retroactive effect. Dorman v. State, 457 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984); see also Kelly, v. State, 461 So. 2d 192 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). Furthermore, the court’s record explanation of why he was deviating from the guidelines (assuming that he was) is inadequate under the rule to demonstrate clear and convincing reasons therefor. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701 (d)(ll).
Accordingly, we reverse the appellant’s sentence and remand for further sentencing.
DOWNEY, DELL and BARKETT, JJ., concur.
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- Dorman v. State, 457 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)
- Kelly v. State, 461 So. 2d 192 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984)