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583 So. 2d 818

McLeod v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 16, 1991

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1991-08-16

Relies on 576 So. 2d 758 - Barnes v. State

Decided 1991-08-16

SHIVERS, Judge.

¶1Appellant appeals his enhanced sentence pursuant to section 775.084, Florida Statutes, arguing that the trial court erred in classifying him as a habitual offender based on five prior convictions rendered on the same date. In light of this court’s recent holding in Barnes v. State, 576 So.2d 758 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), that habitual offender classification must be based on sequential convictions, we reverse and remand for resentencing.

¶2As this court did in Barnes, we certify the following as a question of great public importance:

WHETHER SECTION 775.084(l)(a)(l), FLORIDA STATUTES (Supp.1988), WHICH DEFINES HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDERS AS THOSE WHO HAVE “PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE FELONIES,” REQUIRES THAT EACH OF THE FELONIES BE COMMITTED AFTER CONVICTION FOR THE IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS OFFENSE?

¶3REVERSED and REMANDED.

ZEHMER and KAHN, JJ., concur.
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