Supreme Court of Florida, 1992

West v. State

Supreme Court of Florida · Decided February 6, 1992 · Barkett, Grimes, Harding, Kogan, McDonald, Overton, Shaw

594 So. 2d 285; 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 95; 1992 Fla. LEXIS 159; 1992 WL 18572 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

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: *

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.

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

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