Supreme Court of Florida, 1991

Boyd v. State

Boyd v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided November 7, 1991 · Barkett, Grimes, Harding, Kogan, McDonald, Overton, Shaw
587 So. 2d 1311; 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 728; 1991 Fla. LEXIS 1912; 1991 WL 231592 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Boyd v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review the consolidated cases of Boyd v. State, 572 So.2d 1032, 1032 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), Doughty v. State, 578 So.2d 65, 65 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), Howarth v. State, 578 So.2d 66, 66 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), Natvik v. State, 574 So.2d 1230, 1231 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), and Zozak v. State, 576 So.2d 312, 312 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified the following question of great public importance:

DO FLORIDA’S UNIFORM SENTENCING GUIDELINES REQUIRE THAT LEGAL CONSTRAINT POINTS BE ASSESSED FOR EACH OFFENSE COMMITTED WHILE UNDER LEGAL CONSTRAINT?

We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4).

We answered this question in the negative in Flowers v. State, 586 So.2d 1058 (Fla. 1991). Accordingly, we quash the decisions below and remand these consolidated cases for reconsideration consistent with our opinion in Flowers.

It is so ordered.

SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, McDonald, barkett, grimes, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.

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