Clarkson v. State

COBB, Judge.

Clarkson was convicted of second degree murder with a firearm. He was a juvenile at the time of the offense and argues on appeal that the trial court, in sentencing him, failed to evaluate the statutory criteria propounded in section 39.059(7)(c), Florida Statutes (Supp.1994).

The state responds that the requirement for such specific findings was negated by the enactment of section 39.059(7)(d), Florida Statutes (1995),1 which became effective on October 1, 1994. Although the shooting by Clarkson occurred on June 21, 1994, some three months before that effective date, the state…