ANTHONY COLLINS, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Anthony Collins appeals the summary denial of his Rule 3.800(a) motion challenging his sentence for attempted second-degree murder with a firearm. The appellate court reverses, finding that his 50-year total sentence exceeded the statutory maximum of 30 years without proper statutory authority under the 10-20-Life statute as clarified in Hatten v. State.
The court reversed the denial of Collins's motion and remanded for resentencing. Under Hatten, while a sentencing judge may impose a mandatory minimum in excess of the statutory maximum under the 10-20-Life statute, any sentence imposed beyond the selected mandatory minimum requires additional statutory authority, which was lacking here.
[1] A sentencing judge may impose a mandatory minimum sentence in excess of the statutory maximum sentence when the 10-20-Life statute is implicated, even if the mandatory mi…
[2] If a trial court imposes a sentence beyond the mandatory minimum sentence selected pursuant to the 10-20-Life statute, additional statutory authority is required.
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Establishes the core holding from Hatten that sentences exceeding the mandatory minimum need separate statutory authority
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The appellant appeals the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The appellant was convicted of several crimes, including attempted second degree murder with a firearm, a first degree felony. See §§ 775.087(1)(b), 777.04(4)(c), 782.04(2), Fla. Stat. (2007). For that crime he was sentenced to 35 years in prison to be followed by 15 years on probation, with a 25-year minimum mandatory imposed pursuant to the 10-20-Life statute, section 775.087(2)(a)3., Florida Statutes (2007), for discharging a firearm which caused great *1161bodily harm. The appellant challenges that sentence on the basis of Hatten v. State, 203 So.3d 142 (Fla. 2016). In Hatten, the supreme court declared that where the 10-20-Life statute is implicated, a sentencing judge may impose a mandatory minimum sentence in excess of the statutory maximum sentence, “even if the selected mandatory minimum exceeds the statutory maximum absent the 10-20-Life statute.” Id. at 145. However, “if 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.” Id. at 146. Here, the appellant’s 50-year total sentence was not imposed pursuant to section 775.087(2), and there does not appear to be any additional statutory authority to support a sentence beyond the statutory maximum of 30 years. § 775.082(3)(b), Fla. Stat. (2007). Accordingly, we reverse the denial of the appellant’s motion and remand for resentencing consistent with the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling in Hatten.
REVERSED and REMANDED with directions.
ROWE, MAKAR, and JAY, JJ. CONCUR.