Case Title: Ringel v. State

Citation: 366 So. 2d 758

Docket Number: 

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1978-11-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
366 So. 2d 758 (1978)
Donald Lee RINGEL, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 52311.

Supreme Court of Florida.
November 9, 1978.
Rehearing Denied February 15, 1979.
Richard E. Mandell and Michael Sigman, Orlando, for petitioner.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. and Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.
*759 Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender; and Jerry L. Schwarz, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for defendants Jay Dean Mitchell, Thomas Heyden Wright, Jr., Robert William Armentrout, William B. Beaver, Joseph J. Santarsiere, Michael L. Fulghum, Robert Allen Northwick, Gamal A. Elahrag and Michael L. Hopson, amicus curiae.
ADKINS, Justice.
This cause is here on Petition for Writ of Certiorari reported by certificate of the District Court of Appeal, 4th District, that its decision reported in 352 So. 2d 88 is one which involves a question of great public interest. See Article V, Section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution.
The question certified as being of great public interest is as follows:
We answer this question in the affirmative and also hold that a juvenile indicted and convicted as an adult, Section 39.02(5)(c), Florida Statutes (1975), is subject to the statutory minimum sentencing provision of Section 775.087, Florida Statutes (1975).
We approve and adopt the opinion of the District Court of Appeal.
It is so ordered.
ENGLAND, C.J., and BOYD, OVERTON and SUNDBERG, JJ., concur.