Van Horn v. State

EHRLICH, Justice.

We have for review Van Horn v. State, 485 So.2d 1380 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986) in which the district court, on the authority of our decision in State v. Jackson, 478 So.2d 1054 (Fla.1985), affirmed Van Horn’s sentence under the guidelines in effect at the time of his sentencing rather than those in effect at the time of the offense. The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

WHETHER ALL SENTENCING GUIDELINES AMENDMENTS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED PROCEDURAL IN NATURE SO THAT GUIDELINES AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE TIME OF…