Legal Opinion

State v. Watts

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 15, 1990No. 74117PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

558 So.2d 994 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

James WATTS, et al., Respondents.

No. 74117.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 15, 1990.

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…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Poore v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  2. Lambert v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  3. State v. EganSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Franklin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  5. Castle v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. McKendry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Smiley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  3. Duncan v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  4. Provenzano v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  5. State v. MeeksSupreme Court of Florida · 2001

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