Watkins v. State

Full title: Quincy Watkins, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Feb 5, 2020

300 So. 3d 305 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

No. 3D19-1729

02-05-2020

Quincy WATKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Quincy Watkins, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Quincy Watkins, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SALTER, LINDSEY, and HENDON, JJ.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

We grant Appellant's motion for rehearing; withdraw the opinion of November 20, 2019; and substitute the following opinion in its place.

Affirmed. See Hatten v. State, 203 So. 3d 142, 146 (Fla. 2016) ("[I]f the trial court chooses to impose a sentence beyond the selected mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to the 10–20–Life statute, additional statutory authority is required."). Here, there was additional statutory authority for Watkins's life sentence beyond the selected mandatory 10-20-Life statute minimum.