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West v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Feb 6, 1992
594 So. 2d 285 (Fla. 1992)

Opinion

No. 78570.

February 6, 1992.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance, First District — Case No. 90-2208 (Duval County).

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Laura Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Florida, for respondent.


We have for review West v. State, 584 So.2d 1044, 1046 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the district court certified the following question of great public importance:

We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

Is a first degree felony punishable by a term of years not exceeding life imprisonment subject to an enhanced sentence of life imprisonment pursuant to the provisions of the habitual felony offender statute?

We answered this question in the affirmative in Burdick v. State, 594 So.2d 267 (Fla. 1992). We therefore approve the opinion below.

It is so ordered.

SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, BARKETT, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

West v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Feb 6, 1992
594 So. 2d 285 (Fla. 1992)
Case details for

West v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOHN WEST, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Feb 6, 1992

Citations

594 So. 2d 285 (Fla. 1992)