State v. Boyd
State v. Boyd
Opinion of the Court
We have for our review Boyd v. State, 546 So.2d 132, 133 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), wherein the district court certified the following question of great public importance:
Whether the holding in State v. Enmund [476 So.2d 165 (Fla. 1985)] permitting consecutive mandatory minimum sentences is restricted to cases involving multiple homicides committed during a single criminal episode or whether it may be construed to include other capital felonies.
We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
Accordingly, the district court should not have reversed the trial court’s exercise of its discretion. We quash the decision of the district court below, for the reasons expressed in Boatwright, and remand with directions to reinstate the sentences as imposed by the trial court.
It is so ordered.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- STATE of Florida v. James Mose BOYD
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- Published