Rolle v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “A trial court may impose a habitual offender sentence only by first making the statutorily required findings in a reported judicial proceeding. Parker v. State, 546 So.2d 727 (Fla. 1989). In Walker v. State, 462 So.2d 452, 454 (Fla. 1985), the supreme court noted the fundamental nature of this statutory duty: We hold that the findings required by section 775.084 are critical to the statutory scheme and enable meaningful appellate review of these types of sentencing decisions. Without these findings, the review process would be difficult, if not impossible. It is clear that the legislature intended the trial court to make specific findings of fact when sentencing a defendant as a habitual offender. Given this mandatory statutory duty, the trial court's failure to make such findings is appealable regardless of whether such failure is objected to at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 597 So. 2d 353 - Johnson v. State