Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Coye Elliott BOYETT, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-04-18
Citations: 467 So. 2d 997
Docket Number: No. 65754
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Coye Elliott BOYETT, Respondent.
Judges: BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, ALDERMAN, McDonald, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 467
Pages: 997–998

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Coye Elliott BOYETT, Respondent.
No. 65754.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 18, 1985.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Karla J. Staker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for respondent.

Opinion:
ADKINS, Justice.
We have for consideration the following question certified to us in Boyett v. State, 452 So.2d 958, 960 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), as one of great public importance:
Is a defendant who was placed on probation before October 1, 1983, entitled to elect to be sentenced under the sentencing guidelines after October 1, 1983, upon a revocation of his probation?
We adopt the opinion of the district court of appeal authored by Judge Grimes and answer the question in the affirmative. It is so ordered.
BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, ALDERMAN, McDonald, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.