In Re Amendments to Fl. Rules of Crim. Procedure

998 So. 2d 1128, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 915, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 2207, 2008 WL 4950074
CourtSupreme Court of Florida
DecidedNovember 20, 2008
DocketSC08-1834
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Opinion

998 So.2d 1128 (2008)

In re AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

No. SC08-1834.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 20, 2008.

Judge Thomas H. Bateman, III, Chair, Florida Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Second Judicial Circuit, Quincy, Florida, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, and Jodi Jennings, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar's Criminal Procedure Rules Committee (Committee) has filed an out-of-cycle report proposing amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure to conform the rules to 2008 legislation.[1] We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(e).

The Committee proposes amendments to rules 3.704 (Criminal Punishment Code) and 3.986 (Forms Related to Judgment and Sentence) in response to recent legislation that became effective October 1, 2008. See ch. 2008-238, §§ 8, 21-22, 26, 35, Laws of Fla. The Executive Committee of the Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously approved the proposals. After considering the Committee's proposals and reviewing the relevant legislation, we *1129 amend the rules as proposed by the Committee.

The amendment to rule 3.704(d)(22) changes the term "criminal street gang" to "criminal gang." The change is in response to chapter 2008-238, Laws of Florida, section 8 (amending section 874.04, Florida Statutes, to replace the term "criminal street gang activity" with "gang-related offenses," and to change the term "criminal street gang" to "criminal gang") and section 26 (amending section 921.0024(1)(a), Florida Statutes, to change the term "criminal street gang offense" to "criminal gang offense"). This change is consistent with the recent amendment to rule 3.992(a), Criminal Punishment Code Scoresheet, made in In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.992(a) — Criminal Punishment Code Scoresheet, 992 So.2d 239 (Fla.2008). An editorial change to correct the spelling of the word "benefiting" also is made to the subdivision.

The amendment to rule 3.986(d), Form for Sentencing, adds a provision for felony convictions for an offense that is found, pursuant to section 874.04, to have been committed for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang. The amendments to rules 3.986(e), Form for Order of Probation, and 3.986(f), Form for Community Control, add special conditions prohibiting association with criminal gang members. The changes are made in response to chapter 2008-238, Laws of Florida, section 21 (creating section 948.033, Florida Statutes, to prohibit persons convicted of criminal gang offenses from associating with other criminal gang members during community control or probation) and section 22 (amending section 947.18, Florida Statutes, to prohibit persons convicted of criminal gang offenses from associating with other criminal gang members during parole).

Accordingly, we amend the Rules of Criminal Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is underscored, and deleted language is struck through. These amendments shall become effective immediately upon the release of this opinion. Because the amendments were not published for comment prior to their adoption, interested persons shall have sixty days from the date of this opinion in which to file comments with the Court.[2]

It is so ordered.

QUINCE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, and POLSTON, JJ., concur.

APPENDIX

RULE 3.704. THE CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT CODE

(a)-(c) (No Change)

(d) General Rules and Definitions.

(1)-(21) (No Change)

(22) If the offender is found to have committed the offense for the purpose of *1130 benefitting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal street gang under section 874.04, Florida Statutes, at the time of the commission of the primary offense, the subtotal sentence points are multiplied by 1.5.

(23)-(28) (No Change)

Committee Note

(No Change)

RULE 3.986. FORMS RELATED TO JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

(d) Form for Sentencing.

Defendant _____ Case Number _____ OBTS Number _____

SENTENCE

(As to Count—)

The defendant, being personally before this court, accompanied by the defendant's attorney of record, _____, and having been adjudicated guilty herein, and the court having given the defendant an opportunity to be heard and to offer matters in mitigation of sentence, and to show cause why the defendant should not be sentenced as provided by law, and no cause being shown,

(Check one if applicable)

____ and the court having on.....(date)..... deferred imposition of sentence until this date

____ and the court having previously entered a judgment in this case on.....(date)..... now resentences the defendant

____ and the court having placed the defendant on probation/community control and having subsequently revoked the defendant's probation/community control

It Is The Sentence Of The Court That:

____ The defendant pay a fine of $____, pursuant to section 775.083, Florida Statutes, plus $____ as the 5% surcharge required by section 960.25, Florida Statutes.

____ The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections.

____ The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Sheriff of _____ County, Florida.

____ The defendant is sentenced as a youthful offender in accordance with section 958.04, Florida Statutes.

To Be Imprisoned (check one; unmarked sections are inapplicable):

____ For a term of natural life.

____ For a term of _____.

____ Said SENTENCE SUSPENDED for a period of ___ subject to conditions set forth in this order.

If "split" sentence complete the appropriate paragraph

____ Followed by a period of ____ on probation/community control under the supervision of the Department of Corrections according to the terms and conditions of supervision set forth in a separate order entered herein.

____ However, after serving a period of _____ imprisonment in _____ the balance of the sentence shall be suspended and the defendant shall be placed on probation/community control for a period of ____ under supervision of the Department of Corrections according to the terms and conditions of probation/community control set forth in a separate order entered herein.

In the event the defendant is ordered to serve additional split sentences, all incarceration portions shall be satisfied before the defendant begins service of the supervision terms.

*1131 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

(As to Count—)

By appropriate notation, the following provisions apply to the sentence imposed:

Mandatory/Minimum Provisions:

Firearm

____ It is further ordered that the 3-year minimum imprisonment provision of section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes, is hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.

Drug Trafficking

____ It is further ordered that the _____ mandatory minimum imprisonment provision of section 893.135(1), Florida Statutes, is hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.

Controlled Substance Within 1,000 Feet of School

____ It is further ordered that the 3-year minimum imprisonment provision of section 893.13(1)(e)1, Florida Statutes, is hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.

Habitual Felony Offender

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