WILEY v. STATE (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Barry Lynn WILEY, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D18-4988

Decided: May 06, 2020

Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Megan Long, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Robert Quentin Humphrey, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion on Remand from the Florida Supreme Court

The Florida Supreme Court has quashed the decision in this case and remanded with instructions that we reconsider the matter in light of its recent decision in Gaymon v. State, 288 So. 3d 1087 (Fla. 2020).

In Gaymon, the Florida Supreme Court held that “the proper remedy for harmful error resulting from the court, not the jury, finding the fact of dangerousness under section 775.082(10) is to remand for resentencing with instructions to either impose a nonstate sanction of up to one year in county jail or empanel a jury to make the determination of dangerousness, if requested by the State.” Id. at 1089–90.

Accordingly, we reverse Appellant's sentence and remand to the trial court for resentencing in accordance with Gaymon.

Reversed and Remanded.

Per Curiam.

Roberts, Osterhaus, and M.K. Thomas, JJ., concur.

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