Case Name: Leonard James PHILMORE, a/k/a Lenard Philmore, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-06-21
Citations: 760 So. 2d 1063
Docket Number: No. 4D98-4287
Parties: Leonard James PHILMORE, a/k/a Lenard Philmore, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, POLEN, and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 760
Pages: 1063–1063

Head Matter:
Leonard James PHILMORE, a/k/a Lenard Philmore, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D98-4287.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 21, 2000.
Robert S. Gershman of Gershman & Goldstein, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm Philmore's conviction on charges of attempted first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm, and burglary of an occupied structure while armed with a firearm. He was sentenced to consecutive life sentences for these crimes.
We reject Philmore's challenges to the constitutionality of the prison releasee reoffender act but, as in Simmons v. State, 755 So.2d 682 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), certify the following question as one of great public importance:
DOES THE PRISON RELEASEE REOFFENDER PUNISHMENT ACT, CODIFIED AS SECTION 775.082(9), FLORIDA STATUTES (1999), VIOLATE THE SEPARATION OF POWERS CLAUSE OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?
We agree, however, with Philmore's contention that his consecutive sentences run afoul of Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 521 (Fla.1993), which prohibits imposition of consecutive enhancement sentences for offenses arising out of the same criminal episode. We, therefore, reverse and remand Phil-more's sentences for modification to concurrent life sentences on all counts, consistent with this opinion.
STONE, POLEN, and GROSS, JJ., concur.