COCHRAN v. STATE

No. 66388.

476 So.2d 207 (1985)

Danny Lee COCHRAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Paula S. Saunders, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Henri C. Cawthon and Gregory G. Costas, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


McDONALD, Justice.

The First District Court of Appeal has certified the following question as being of great public interest:

When a defendant who committed a crime before 1 October 1983 affirmatively selects sentencing pursuant to the sentencing guidelines, must the record show the defendant knowingly and intelligently waived the right to parole eligibility?

Cochran v. State, 460 So.2d 542, 543 (Fla. 1st...

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