Abram v. State

BOYD, Justice.

This case is before us on a question certified as one of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

Petitioner, who was eighteen years old, was found guilty of two felonies, burglary and sexual battery, arising from the same criminal episode. The trial judge sentenced him to two fifteen-year sentences to run concurrently.

Petitioner, who had never been previously found guilty of a felony, appealed to the district court of appeal, claiming that he was entitled to be sentenced as a youthful offender under section 958.04, Florida Statutes (1979).…