Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

My fiance a while back ask his pd to put in for him to be sanctioned as a youthful offender. The state was against him going through the evaluation but the judge let him go through with it. We had high hopes of him going and once he passed the evaluation we were sure they would give him the YO Sanction. Turns out the state did not want to go through with it and even had the judge say "its a no for now". The state told his pd he wasn't able to qualify which I know is a lie because according to statue 985 he is over 18 but under 21. And the Florida statue does not go against the 10 20 life law that the state claims. My question is being now he no longer has a pd but indeed a paid lawyer,can his lawyer put in the request again for him to be classified as a youthful offender? The court dockets never said he was denied being classified as such but it did not grant the request either? Is there any other loop wholes? We have 2 small children and im really praying that he doesn't have to be gone for a long time. He has no priors by the way and one lawyer even told me he scores up to about 4yrs but the state is claiming 20yrs min.

Asked on 2/22/11, 12:00 am

Amir Ladan The Ladan Law Firm, P.A.

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I suggest you pose that question to the attorney you hired to represent him.

Answered on 2/22/11, 11:35 am

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