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Jeffery Jerome MILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 83-1769.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Nov. 8, 1984.
    On Rehearing Jan. 3, 1985.
    James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and James R. Wulchak, Chief, Appellate Division, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
    Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and W. Brian Bayly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
   COBB, Chief Judge.

In this case, the trial judge revoked the defendant’s probation which had commenced in July of 1982, and imposed sentence in November, 1983, without utilizing the sentence guidelines, which the trial judge found to be inapplicable on the basis that the sentence related back to the time probation was imposed. This approach is reflected in the dissenting opinion of Judge Campbell in Boyett v. State, 452 So.2d 958 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). This court, however, previously has adopted the Boyett majority view. See Mack v. State, 458 So.2d 347 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984); Rutlin v. State, 455 So.2d 1347 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984); O’Brien v. State, 454 So.2d 675 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984); Dunn v. State, 454 So.2d 641 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). The First District Court of Appeal also agrees with Boyett. See Duggar v. State, 446 So.2d 222 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

On authority of the foregoing cases, we vacate the sentence imposed and remand for sentencing in accordance with the sentencing guidelines. See In Re Rules of Criminal Procedure (Sentencing Guidelines), 439 So.2d 848 (Fla.1983).

SENTENCE VACATED; REMANDED.

DAUKSCH and FRANK D. UP-CHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

COBB, Chief Judge.

Pursuant to motion for rehearing by the state, we certify to the supreme court as a question of great public importance the same question certified in Boyett v. State, 452 So.2d 958 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984):

IS A DEFENDANT WHO WAS PLACED ON PROBATION BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 1983, ENTITLED TO ELECT TO BE SENTENCED UNDER THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1983, UPON A REVOCATION OF HIS PROBATION?

DAUKSCH and FRANK D. UP-CHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur.