Florida Bar: Amendment to Rules of Criminal Procedure

Acting under the provisions of section 921.001(4)(b), Florida Statutes (1983), the Sentencing Guidelines Commission has presented to this Court recommendations for changes in sentencing guidelines which require modification of criminal rules of procedure 3.701 and 3.988. We have reviewed the recommendations and approve the changes.* As with our original adoption of sentencing guidelines, In re Rules of Criminal Procedure (Sentencing Guidelines), 439 So.2d 848 (Fla.1983), the Committee Notes adopted herein are part of these rules.

It is so ordered.

ALDERMAN, C.J., and BOYD, OVER-TON, MCDONALD,…