WILLIAMS v. STATE (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Walter John WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D24-0723

Decided: September 25, 2024

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

Walter John Williams, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

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.”).

PER CURIAM.

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