Walter John Williams v. the State of Florida

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedSeptember 25, 2024
Docket3D2024-0723
StatusPublished

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed September 25, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-0723 Lower Tribunal No. F78-15256 ________________

Walter John Williams, Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Teresa Pooler, Judge.

Walter John Williams, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY, and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Tutson v. State, 453 So. 2d 497 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984);

(holding that offenders are not entitled to sentencing under the Youthful

Offender Act, section 958.04, Florida Statutes (1979), for offenses

committed prior to its effective date); see also State v. Pizarro, 383 So. 2d

762, 763 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980) (“Since the Youthful Offender Act alters the

prescribed punishments for those persons meeting its requirements, it

cannot apply to offenses committed prior to its effective date.”).

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Related

State v. Pizarro
383 So. 2d 762 (District Court of Appeal of Florida, 1980)
Tutson v. State
453 So. 2d 497 (District Court of Appeal of Florida, 1984)

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