Darrow v. State
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- Windham v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
- Pacheco-Velasquez v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)
- State v. Gretz (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
- Cummings v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)
- Beatrice v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)
- State v. Fernandez (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)
- State v. Oglester (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)
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Opinion
Jamal DARROW, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Raymond M. Warren of Warren & Warren, P.A., Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela D. McCravy, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
SHARP, W., J.
Darrow appeals from his ten-year sentence he received, after pleading nolo contendere to attempted robbery with a firearm. He sought to be sentenced as a Youthful Offender and all parties agree he met the required criteria. However, the trial court ruled the 1999 revision to section 775.087(2)(a) (known as the 10-20-life statute) superseded the Youthful Offender Act and mandated that the court impose a sentence pursuant to the statute. The trial court stated it would have sentenced Darrow as a Youthful Offender had it been allowed to do so. We disagree and reverse.
*553 In State v. Wooten, 782 So.2d 408 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001), our sister court upheld a trial court's ruling that the minimum mandatory provisions of the 10-20-life statute do not supersede the Youthful Offender sentencing provisions. And in State v. Krasky, 789 So.2d 1005 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001), we affirmed a similar ruling, citing to Wooten.
Accordingly, we vacate the sentence imposed and remand for resentencing pursuant to the Youthful Offender Statute.
Sentence VACATED; REMANDED for Resentencing.
COBB and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
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