Eustache v. State

- In this appeal from the denial of a rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief, we address the applicability of minimum .mandatory sentencing provisions to defendants who are initially sentenced to probation or community control as youthful offenders, but whose supervision is later revoked for a substantive violation. The case law from this district and others appears to be conflicting and unsettled.

We interpret the applicable statutory provisions, to grant discretion to trial *486judges, upon revocation of youthful offender supervision for a substantive violation, to either continue with a…