Watts v. State

328 So.2d 223 (1976)

Henry F. WATTS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 75-958.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 10, 1976.

Ben Kay, New Port Richey, of Allweiss & Anderson, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

SCHEB, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault resulting from an occurrence on September 29, 1974. Although the maximum permissible sentence for the crime is five years[1] appellant was placed on probation for six years.

Until 1974, Fla. Stat. §…