Keita Jermaine Gaymon v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC19-712 ____________ KEITA JERMAINE GAYMON, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. January 23, 2020 LAWSON, J. We accepted jurisdiction in this case to review the following question certified to be of great public importance by the First District Court of Appeal: Whether the second sentence in subsection (10) of section 775.082, Florida Statutes, which authorizes a trial judge to make factual findings independent of a jury as to an offender’s potential “danger to the public” and to impose a state prison sentence that exceeds the maximum…