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597 So. 2d 250

597 So.2d 250

17 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 129

State v. Keel

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 20, 1992

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1992-02-20

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently September 2000

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Relies on 595 So. 2d 22 - State v. Barnes · Keel v. State

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Decided 1992-02-20

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OVERTON, Justice.

¶1The State of Florida petitions this Court to review Keel v. State, 582 So.2d 174 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the First District Court of Appeal reversed Keel’s sentencing as a habitual offender. The district court certified the following question as being 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.

¶2Id. at 174-75.1

¶3We answered this same certified question in the negative in our decision in State v. Barnes, 595 So.2d 22 (Fla.1992). Accordingly, we quash that portion of the district court’s decision reversing Keel’s sentencing as a habitual offender and remand this case for further proceedings consistent with our opinion in Barnes.

¶4It is so ordered.

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

¶5. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

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