State v. Price
State v. Price
595 So. 2d 949; 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 130; 1992 Fla. LEXIS 2402; 1992 WL 27879
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
State v. Price
Opinion of the Court
The State of Florida petitions this Court to review Price v. State, 582 So.2d 830 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the First District Court of Appeal reversed Price’s sentencing as a habitual offender. The district court certified the following question as one 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.
We recently answered this same certified question in the negative in our decision in State v. Barnes, 595 So.2d 22 (Fla. 1992). Accordingly, we quash the district court’s decision in Price and remand this case for further proceedings consistent with our opinion in Barnes.
It is so ordered.
. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
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