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498 So. 2d 426

498 So.2d 426

11 Fla.L.Weekly 623

Van Horn v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 4, 1986

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1986-12-04

Relies on 478 So. 2d 1054 - State v. Jackson · 485 So. 2d 1380 - Van Horn v. State · 494 So. 2d 210 - Wilkerson v. State

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Decided 1986-12-04

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EHRLICH, Justice.

¶1We have for review Van Horn v. State, 485 So.2d 1380 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986) in which the district court, on the authority of our decision in State v. Jackson, 478 So.2d 1054 (Fla.1985), affirmed Van Horn’s sentence under the guidelines in effect at the time of his sentencing rather than those in effect at the time of the offense. The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

WHETHER ALL SENTENCING GUIDELINES AMENDMENTS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED PROCEDURAL IN NATURE SO THAT GUIDELINES AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING WITHOUT REGARD TO THE EX POST FACTO DOCTRINE.

¶2485 So.2d at 1381. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

¶3We recently answered this question in the affirmative in Wilkerson v. State, 494 So.2d 210 (1986). Accordingly, the decision below is approved.

¶4It is so ordered.

McDonald, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.
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