WATTS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury is not implicated during sentencing for violation of probation when the trial court, rather than a jury, finds the defendant to be a violent felony offender of special concern under section 948.06(8), Florida Statutes, and a danger to the community.
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
LARRY WATTS, Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
No. 1D2024-2818
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Coleman Lee Robinson, Judge.
July 1, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Sanderson v. State, 51 Fla. L. Weekly D966 (Fla. 1st DCA May 13, 2026) (holding that the Sixth Amendment right to trial by a jury was not implicated during sentencing for violation of probation when the trial court, rather than a jury, found the defendant to be a violent felony offender of special concern under section 948.06(8), Florida Statutes, and a danger to the community).
RAY, WINOKUR, and TREADWELL, JJ., concur.