846 So. 2d 657 - Logan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “A defendant who elects to be sentenced under the guidelines, elects to be sentenced under the guidelines in effect at the time of the election. Smith [v. State, 537 So.2d 982, 987 (Fla.1989)]. Because Logan made his election in 2001, he elected to be sentenced pursuant to the Criminal Punishment Code. See Quevado v. State, 838 So.2d 1253, 1254 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) (holding that defendant sentenced in 1999 had right to choose "either a nonguidelines sentence or one under the 1998 Criminal Punishment Code"). Pursuant to the Criminal Punishment Code, the five concurrent life sentences received here by Logan were not departure sentences. Accordingly, the trial court was not required to file written departure reasons. See § 812.13(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2001). Therefore, we affirm Logan's sentences.”

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   e.g. 921 So. 2d 556 - Logan v. State