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PACHECO v. STATE

No. 84-1189.

485 So.2d 1379 (1986)

Louis PACHECO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The only substantial question presented on this appeal1 challenges the application of the sentencing guidelines, pursuant to which the defendant was given a life sentence without parole, for a crime which occurred on January 19, 1984, before the guidelines were enacted by the legislature. Pacheco contends that the promulgation of the guidelines by the Supreme Court alone was an invalid assertion of purely legislative power...

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