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558 So. 2d 1000

558 So.2d 1000

15 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 150

James v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 15, 1990

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1990-03-15

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 1990

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Relies on 558 So. 2d 994 - The Florida Bar v. Bauman · James v. State

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Decided 1990-03-15

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BARKETT, Justice.

¶1We have for review James v. State, 543 So.2d 236, 236 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989) (on rehearing), in which the district court certified the following as a question of great public importance:

Having sentenced a defendant to a term of incarceration followed by probation or community control, without suspension of any part of the period of incarceration, may the trial court, after a violation of the probation or community control, impose any sentence that could have been originally imposed with credit for time served and within the sentencing guidelines unless valid reasons for departure are given?

¶2We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section § 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

¶3The certified question presents an issue that is identical to the one we decide today in State v. Watts, 558 So.2d 994 (Fla.1990). For the reasons we state in Watts, we quash the opinion of the court below and remand to the district court for proceedings consistent with Watts.

¶4It is so ordered.

*1001EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, McDonald, SHAW, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
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