Willie Frank Cobb v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 17, 2021
Docket1D19-4324
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-4324
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WILLIE FRANK COBB,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson County.
Wade Mercer, Judge.
March 17, 2021
PER CURIAM.
Willie Frank Cobb challenges the revocation of his probation
and the resulting sentence of thirty-six months in state prison. We
affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.
First, Cobb argues section 948.06(2)(f)1., Florida Statutes
(2019), limited the trial court to modifying or continuing his
probation, with a maximum possible sentence of ninety days in jail,
because Cobb met three of the statutory conditions. We affirm
because Cobb did not satisfy all four conditions required under the
statute. See Owens v. State, 303 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020)
(holding that whether section 948.06(2), Florida Statutes, applies
to a defendant who committed an offense before the statute was
amended, when imposing sentence for a violation of probation, a
trial court is limited under subsection 948.06(2)(f)1. to modifying
or continuing probation or imposing a sentence of up to ninety days
in county jail only when a defendant “meet[s] all four conditions of
subsection 948.06(2)(f)1.”).
Second, Cobb argues the trial court erred in sentencing him to
state prison when his criminal punishment code total was less
than twenty-two points and the jury did not make a finding of
dangerousness under section 775.082(10), Florida Statutes. The
State concedes error under Gaymon v. State, 288 So. 3d 1087 (Fla.
2020), and we agree. We reverse and remand for resentencing. On
remand, if the State still seeks a finding of dangerousness under
section 775.082(10), the trial court is directed to empanel a jury to
make the determination of dangerousness.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED for
further proceedings.
RAY, C.J., and BILBREY and NORDBY, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Daren L. Shippy, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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