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In State v. Thompson, 64 So.3d 1281 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011), this court reversed respondent's sentence and remanded to the Circuit Court for Clay County for resentencing with a statutorily-required 20 year mandatory minimum.
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No. 1D10-1841.
July 12, 2011.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Clay County. John H. Skinner, Judge.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Steven Brian Whittington of Whittington Culbert, P.A., Green Cove Springs, for Appellee.
Reversed and remanded for resentencing. See State v. Thompson, 4 So.3d 689, 690 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) ("We agree with the State's argument that imposition of the 20-year minimum mandatory sentence is required by law. Whether imposition of the 20-year mandatory term would be a `crime in itself,' as stated by the trial court, is a matter directed to the legislature." (footnote omitted)).
BENTON, C.J., DAVIS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.