WATKINS v. STATE (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

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

No. 3D19-1729

Decided: February 05, 2020

Before SALTER, LINDSEY, and HENDON, JJ.

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

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

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.

PER CURIAM.

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