DARROW v. STATE

No. 5D00-3702.

789 So.2d 552 (2001)

Jamal DARROW, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond M. Warren of Warren & Warren, P.A., Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela D. McCravy, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


SHARP, W., J.

Darrow appeals from his ten-year sentence he received, after pleading nolo contendere to attempted robbery with a firearm. He sought to be sentenced as a Youthful Offender and all parties agree he met the required criteria. However, the trial court ruled the 1999 revision to section 775.087(2)(a) (known as the 10-20-life statute) superseded the Youthful Offender Act and mandated that the court impose a sentence pursuant to the statute. The trial court...

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