Goodwin v. State

Shane Goodwin challenges his youthful offender sentence of two and one-half years’ *1318imprisonment and three years’ community control imposed for offenses committed in 1992. He claims this was an illegal sentence under Florida’s Youthful Offender Act because the supervisory portion of his split sentence should have been limited to two years. We conclude the sentence complies with the version of the Youthful Offender Act in effect at the time appellant’s offenses were committed. Section 958.04(2)(c), Florida Statutes (1991), limits the supervisory portion of a split sentence to five years, with a…