Case Name: Willie C. McLEOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-06-21
Citations: 583 So. 2d 1045
Docket Number: No. 90-1612
Parties: Willie C. McLEOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, J., and WENTWORTH, Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 583
Pages: 1045–1045

Head Matter:
Willie C. McLEOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-1612.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 21, 1991.
On Motion for Certification July 18, 1991.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 28, 1991.
Barbara M. Linthicum, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Bradley R. Bischoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.

Opinion:
SHIVERS, Chief Judge.
Appellant appeals his enhanced sentence pursuant to section 775.084, Florida Statutes, arguing that the trial court erred in classifying him as a habitual offender based on five prior convictions rendered on the same date. In light of this court's recent holding in Barnes v. State, 576 So.2d 758 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), that habitual offender classification must be based on sequential convictions, we reverse and remand for resentencing.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
ERVIN, J., and WENTWORTH, Senior Judge, concur.
ON MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION
The appellee's motion for certification is granted. As this court did in Barnes v. State, 576 So.2d 758 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), we certify the following as a question 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?
ERVIN, J., and WENTWORTH, Senior Judge, concur.