Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure re Sentencing Guidelines

The Florida Sentencing Guidelines Commission (the Commission) petitions this Court to revise the statewide sentencing guidelines to conform with statutory enactments passed during the 1996 legislative session. The Commission seeks to amend the procedural rule contained in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.703 and the scoresheet contained in rule 3.991(b). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

The legislature in chapter 96-388, Laws of Florida, changed the amended 1994 sentencing guidelines to clarify those guidelines and add new provisions. The Department of Corrections, in…