540 So. 2d 916 - State v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “The second district held that the statute: provides an escalating schedule of mandatory fines and maximum jail sentences depending upon whether the conviction is the offender’s first, second, or third. § 316.193(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1987). Fourth and subsequent convictions, however, are dealt with in a separate subsection, 316.193(2)(b), which specifies only that the offense is a felony of the third degree and makes no reference to fines. In fact, subsection (b) is specifically excluded from the fine schedule in subsection (a).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McGhee v. State