Arnette v. State

COWART, Judge.

This case involves the questions of (1) whether a defendant sentenced as a youthful offender can, after revocation of community control under a split sentence, be sentenced to more than six years with credit for time previously served and (2) whether the statutory amendment limiting sentencing of the youthful offender upon violation of community control to six years 1 is applicable in a case where both the initial offense and the subsequent event violating community control occurred prior to the effective date of the amendment but the violation of community control was not…