Case Name: Walter Lee RATLIFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-11-07
Citations: 682 So. 2d 556
Docket Number: No. 87542
Parties: Walter Lee RATLIFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 682
Pages: 556–557

Head Matter:
Walter Lee RATLIFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 87542.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Nov. 7, 1996.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Mark C. Menser, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Ratliff v. State, 668 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We accepted jurisdiction to answer the following question certified to be of great public importance:
DO THE 1982 AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 810, FLORIDA STATUTES, SUPERSEDE THE COMMON-LAW DEFINITION OF A DWELLING, WHEREBY A STRUCTURE'S DESIGN OR SUITABILITY FOR HABITATION, RATHER THAN ACTUAL OCCUPANCY OR INTENT TO OCCUPY, IS CONTROLLING IN DETERMINING WHETHER A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A DWELLING?
Id. at 1090-91.
The First District affirmed petitioner's conviction for burglary of a dwelling based on its holding in Perkins v. State, 680 So.2d 1180 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). Id. at 1090. We recently approved the district court's decision in Perkins, Perkins v. State, 682 So.2d 1083 (Fla.1996), and answered in the affirmative the same certified question presented in this ease.
Accordingly, on the authority of Perkins, we answer the certified question in the affirmative and approve the decision under review. We decline to address the additional issues raised by petitioner in his brief as they were not included in the question certified by the First District.
It is so ordered.
KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.