720 So. 2d 1113 - Weiss v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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1. “has—we think, quite salutarily—rendered the general harmless error statute, section 924.33, Florida Statutes (1997); see § 59.041, Fla. Stat. (1997), unequivocally applicable to alleged sentencing miscues such as the one now urged upon us. It was always difficult, at best, to discern a rational justification for setting aside an otherwise appropriate sentence just because a piece of paper was filed immaterially late. The legislature has now expressly precluded such a result.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 724 So. 2d 1216 - State v. Turro · 988 So. 2d 6 - Walker v. State

2. “"A state prison sentence which varies upward or downward from the recommended guidelines prison sentence by more than 25 percent is a departure sentence and must be accompanied by a written statement delineating the reasons for the departure, filed within 7 days after the date of sentencing. A written transcription of orally stated reasons for departure from the guidelines at sentencing is permissible if it is filed by the court within 7 days after the date of sentencing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Esquivel v. State · 728 So. 2d 748 - Jordan v. State

3. “constitute[s] no more than non-prejudicial, harmless error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 817 So. 2d 858 - Beck v. State