LUIS BETANCES, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• State v. Arrington Carter, 789 So. 2d 545 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
  …e § 775.087, Fla. Stat. (2000)(requiring minimum sentences). To the contrary, the discretion to do so, an abuse of which is-not even claimed on appeal, is expressly conferred by section 985.227(2)(d)(3), Florida Statutes (2000). See Nelson v. State, 757 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) review denied, 780 So. 2d 914 (Fla.2001); M.Z. v. State, 747 So. 2d 978 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), review denied, 767 So. 2d 458 (Fla.2000). Affirmed.…
• Bollenback v. State, 848 So. 2d 1267 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
  …preferred that the trial judge articulate his reasoning in sentencing him as an adult, the simple fact is that the judge was under no obligation to do so. Section 985.23 does not apply when the subject is sentenced as an adult. Cf. Nelson v. State, 757 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Lutz v. State, 664 So. 2d 1060 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). AFFIRMED.2 SAWAYA, C.J., and ORFINGER, J, concur. . Bollenback did not challenge the propriety of the election by the State to prosecute him as an adult. . While Bollenback…
• Sargeant v. State, 242 So. 3d 439 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018)

Authorities Cited

• Davis v. State, 661 So. 2d 1193 (Fla. 1995)