STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER,
v.
COYE ELLIOTT BOYETT, RESPONDENT

Fla. | 1985-04-18
No. 65754
BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, ALDERMAN, McDonald, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
467 So. 2d 997 Florida Supreme Court (1985) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
ADKINS, Justice.

ADKINS, Justice.

We have for consideration the following question certified to us in Boyett v. State, 452 So. 2d 958, 960 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), as one of great public importance:

Is a defendant who was placed on probation before October 1, 1983, entitled to elect to be sentenced under the sentencing guidelines after October 1, 1983, upon a revocation of his probation?

We adopt the opinion of the district court of appeal authored by Judge Grimes and answer the question in the affirmative. It is so ordered.

BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, ALDERMAN, McDonald, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.


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