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908 So. 2d 1148

Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 16, 2005

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2005-08-16

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently September 2005

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Relies on 537 So. 2d 982 - Smith v. State · Brown v. Fuentes

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Decided 2005-08-16

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¶1ON MOTION TO ENFORCE MANDATE

PER CURIAM.

¶2Charles Johnson asks this Court to enforce the mandate by requiring the trial court to allow him to select sentencing under pre-guidelines law or under guidelines pursuant to section 921.001(4)(b)l, Florida Statutes (2004). We were clear in specifying the applicable guidelines as that provided by the legislature. We specifically noted that the appropriate guidelines had not been established by the legislature at the time the Florida Supreme Court was required to address the issue in Smith v. State, 537 So.2d 982 (Fla.1989).

¶3Our decision in Kunkel v. State, 765 So.2d 244 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) does not require any different result. Kunkel sought to avoid guidelines because he would be eligible for parole under pre-guidelines law. Furthermore, the “current guidelines” at the time of Kunkelwould have been the same as those guidelines provided by the legislature in section 921.001(4)(b)l, Florida Statutes (2004).

¶4The legislature was specific as to which guidelines would apply to the remnants of early guidelines uncertainty, and so was this Court in its previous opinion.

¶5The appellant’s motion is granted and the trial court will allow appellant to elect pre-guidelines law or “guidelines enacted effective October 1, 1983,” as provided in section 921.001(4)(b)l, Florida Statutes (2004).

BARFIELD, BENTON, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.
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