In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure-Rules 3.140 & 3.986

The Sentencing Disposition Forms Committee, a special committee of the Criminal Section of the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges, was designated at the request of former Chief Justice Ehrlich to review all dispositional forms contained in the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure and make recommended changes. The Forms Committee submitted proposed amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.140 and 3.986 for our consideration.1 The proposed changes were submitted to the Florida Criminal Procedure Rules Committee for review and were published for comment in The Florida Bar News.

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