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Christian v. State

Citations

  • 84 So. 3d 437
  • 2012 WL 1121748
  • 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 5291

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  • explaining that, though a youthful offender may receive the maximum sentence that could have originally been imposed had he not been sentenced under the youthful offender act pursuant to section 958.14, he still maintains his “youthful offender status”
  • finding a violation of probation was substantive, despite the State not charging or convicting the defendant of any new crime, where the defendant admitted to drug use during revocation proceedings
  • \Youthful offender sentencing is not available for . . . defendants who have been sentenced pursuant to the Youthful Offender Act for a prior offense.\
  • youthful offender who violates probation is still entitled to be sentenced as a youthful offender on original offense; even though six-year cap may not apply, other aspects of youthful offender sentencing would still apply

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Judges: Lawson, Monaco, Orfinger

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