Florida Statutes Title XLVII Chapter 921 - Sentence

• 921.0017 - Credit Upon Recommitment Of Offender Serving Split Sentence.
  Effective for offenses committed on or after January 1, 1994, if an offender’s probation or community control is revoked and the offender is serving a...
• 921.002 - The Criminal Punishment Code.
  The Criminal Punishment Code shall apply to all felony offenses, except capital felonies, committed on or after October 1, 1998.(1) The provision of criminal penalties and...
• 921.0021 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, for any felony offense, except any capital felony, committed on or after October 1, 1998, the term:(1) “Additional offense” means any...
• 921.0022 - Criminal Punishment Code; Offense Severity Ranking Chart.
  (1) The offense severity ranking chart must be used with the Criminal Punishment Code worksheet to compute a sentence score for each felony offender whose offense...
• 921.0023 - Criminal Punishment Code; Ranking Unlisted Felony Offenses.
  A felony offense committed on or after October 1, 1998, that is not listed in s. 921.0022 is ranked with respect to offense severity level...
• 921.0024 - Criminal Punishment Code; Worksheet Computations; Scoresheets.
  (1)(a) The Criminal Punishment Code worksheet is used to compute the subtotal and total sentence points as follows:FLORIDA CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT CODEWORKSHEETOFFENSE SCOREPrimary OffenseLevelSentence Points Total10116=  992=  874=  756=  636=  528=  422=  316=  210=  14=      Total   Additional OffensesLevelSentence Points Counts Total1058x = 946x = 837x = 728x = 618x = 55.4x = 43.6x = 32.4x = 21.2x = 10.7x = M0.2x =       Total   Victim...
• 921.00241 - Prison Diversion Program.
  (1) Notwithstanding s. 921.0024 and effective for offenses committed on or after July 1, 2009, a court may divert from the state correctional system an offender...
• 921.0025 - Adoption And Implementation Of Revised Sentencing Scoresheets.
  Rules 3.701, 3.702, 3.703, and 3.988, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, as revised by the Supreme Court, and any other rule pertaining to the preparation...
• 921.0026 - Mitigating Circumstances.
  This section applies to any felony offense, except any capital felony, committed on or after October 1, 1998.(1) A downward departure from the lowest permissible sentence,...
• 921.00265 - Recommended Sentences; Departure Sentences; Mandatory Minimum Sentences.
  This section applies to any felony offense, except any capital felony, committed on or after October 1, 1998.(1) The lowest permissible sentence provided by calculations from...
• 921.0027 - Criminal Punishment Code And Revisions; Applicability.
  The Florida Criminal Punishment Code applies to all felonies, except capital felonies, committed on or after October 1, 1998. Any revision to the Criminal Punishment...
• 921.09 - Fees Of Physicians Who Determine Sanity At Time Of Sentence.
  The court shall allow reasonable fees to physicians appointed by the court to determine the mental condition of a defendant who has alleged insanity as...
• 921.12 - Fees Of Physicians When Pregnancy Is Alleged As Cause For Not Pronouncing Sentence.
  The court shall allow reasonable fees to the physicians appointed to examine a defendant who has alleged her pregnancy as a cause for not pronouncing...
• 921.137 - Imposition Of The Death Sentence Upon An Intellectually Disabled Defendant Prohibited.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “intellectually disabled” or “intellectual disability” means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior...
• 921.1401 - Sentence Of Life Imprisonment For Persons Who Are Under The Age Of 18 Years At The Time Of The Offense; Sentencing Proceedings.
  (1) Upon conviction or adjudication of guilt of an offense described in s. 775.082(1)(b), s. 775.082(3)(a)5., s. 775.082(3)(b)2., or s. 775.082(3)(c) which was committed on or...
• 921.1402 - Review Of Sentences For Persons Convicted Of Specified Offenses Committed While Under The Age Of 18 Years.
  (1) For purposes of this section, the term “juvenile offender” means a person sentenced to imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for an...
• 921.141 - Sentence Of Death Or Life Imprisonment For Capital Felonies; Further Proceedings To Determine Sentence.
  (1) SEPARATE PROCEEDINGS ON ISSUE OF PENALTY.—Upon conviction or adjudication of guilt of a defendant of a capital felony, the court shall conduct a separate sentencing...
• 921.142 - Sentence Of Death Or Life Imprisonment For Capital Drug Trafficking Felonies; Further Proceedings To Determine Sentence.
  (1) FINDINGS.—The Legislature finds that trafficking in cocaine or opiates carries a grave risk of death or danger to the public; that a reckless disregard for...
• 921.143 - Appearance Of Victim, Next Of Kin, Or Law Enforcement, Correctional, Or Correctional Probation Officer To Make Statement At Sentencing Hearing; Submission Of Written Statement.
  (1) At the sentencing hearing, and prior to the imposition of sentence upon any defendant who has been convicted of any felony or who has pleaded...
• 921.15 - Stay Of Execution Of Sentence To Fine; Bond And Proceedings.
  (1) When a defendant is sentenced to pay a fine, he or she shall have the right to give bail for payment of the fine and...
• 921.16 - When Sentences To Be Concurrent And When Consecutive.
  (1) A defendant convicted of two or more offenses charged in the same indictment, information, or affidavit or in consolidated indictments, informations, or affidavits shall serve...
• 921.161 - Sentence Not To Run Until Imposed; Credit For County Jail Time After Sentence; Certificate Of Custodian Of Jail.
  (1) A sentence of imprisonment shall not begin to run before the date it is imposed, but the court imposing a sentence shall allow a defendant...
• 921.18 - Sentence For Indeterminate Period For Noncapital Felony.
  The court in its discretion may sentence a defendant convicted of a noncapital felony to the custody of the Department of Corrections for an indeterminate...
• 921.185 - Sentence; Restitution A Mitigation In Certain Crimes.
  In the imposition of a sentence for any felony or misdemeanor involving property, but not injury or opportunity for injury to persons, the court, in...
• 921.186 - Substantial Assistance.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the state attorney may move the sentencing court to reduce or suspend the sentence of any person who is convicted of...
• 921.187 - Disposition And Sentencing; Alternatives; Restitution.
  (1) The alternatives provided in this section for the disposition of criminal cases shall be used in a manner that will best serve the needs of...
• 921.188 - Placement Of Certain State Inmates In Local Detention Facilities.
  Effective June 17, 1993, notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 775.08, former 921.001, 921.002, 921.187, 944.02, and 951.23, or any other law to the contrary, a...
• 921.20 - Classification Summary; Florida Commission On Offender Review.
  As soon as possible after a prisoner has been placed in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the classification board shall furnish a classification...
• 921.21 - Progress Reports To Florida Commission On Offender Review.
  From time to time the Department of Corrections shall submit to the Florida Commission on Offender Review progress reports and recommendations regarding prisoners sentenced under...
• 921.22 - Determination Of Exact Period Of Imprisonment By Florida Commission On Offender Review.
  Upon the recommendation of the Department of Corrections, the Florida Commission on Offender Review shall have the authority to determine the exact period of imprisonment...
• 921.231 - Presentence Investigation Reports.
  (1) Any circuit court of the state, when the defendant in a criminal case has been found guilty or has entered a plea of nolo contendere...
• 921.241 - Felony Judgments; Fingerprints And Social Security Number Required In Record.
  (1) At the time a defendant is found guilty of a felony, the judge shall cause the defendant’s fingerprints to be taken.(2) Every judgment of guilty or...
• 921.242 - Subsequent Offenses Under Chapter 796; Method Of Proof Applicable.
  (1) Every judgment of guilty with respect to any offense governed by the provisions of chapter 796 shall be in writing, signed by the judge, and...
• 921.243 - Offenses Involving Minor Victims; Offender Records.
  At the time of sentencing of any offender for an offense involving a victim who, at the time the offense was committed, was a minor,...
• 921.244 - Order Of No Contact; Penalties.
  (1) At the time of sentencing an offender convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 847.0135(5), or any offense in s. 775.084(1)(b)1.a.-o., the...

Last modified: September 23, 2016