florida criminal punishment code

By Jacek Stramski / October 14, 2014

Written Findings Required for Upward Departure in Sentencing under the Criminal Punishment Code

John Koeppel On October 9th, the Florida Supreme Court clarified whether a trial court may impose a sentence on remand that departs from the Criminal Punishment Code where the trial judge failed to comply with the requirements of section 775.082(10), Continue Reading …

By Jacek Stramski / September 28, 2014

Court Addresses Availability of Provisional Credits to Inmates Sentenced as Habitual Offenders

John Koeppel In Leftwich v. Department of Corrections (SC12-2669), the Florida Supreme Court held that section 944.277, Florida Statutes (1992), renders an inmate ineligible to receive provisional credits on any sentence after the inmate has received a habitual offender sentence, Continue Reading …