STATE v. WATTS

No. 74117.

558 So.2d 994 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. James WATTS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Donna A. Provonsha and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Andrea Steffen, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for respondents.


BARKETT, Justice.

We have before us two cases consolidated by the Second District Court of Appeal in Watts v. State, 542 So.2d 425 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). The issue presented is whether a 1985 amendment to the Youthful Offender Act limits the discretion of the trial court in resentencing a defendant upon violation of probation or community control. Watts certified a conflict with the Fifth District Court of Appeal's decision...

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