Legal Opinion

Velez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 9, 1987No. 86-1771Published

1Opinion of the Court

THREADGILL, Judge.

Appellant was sentenced according to guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing rather than those in effect at the time of his offense. The state agrees that as interpreted recently by the Supreme Court in Miller v. Florida, 482 U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 2446, 96 L.Ed.2d 351 (1987) this was in violation of the ex post facto prohibition of the United States Constitution.

Appellant also argues that the court should have given him credit for the time served on the sentence when he was resen-tenced after violation of probation. This court has clearly stated that a defendant is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Wright v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  3. Ault v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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