Case Name: Berlie DANIELS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-04-15
Citations: 577 So. 2d 725
Docket Number: No. 90-746
Parties: Berlie DANIELS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WIGGINTON, MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 577
Pages: 725–726

Head Matter:
Berlie DANIELS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-746.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 15, 1991.
Louis 0. Frost, Jr., Public Defender and James T. Miller, Asst. Public Defender, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and William A. Hatch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Daniels asserts that the trial court erred: (1) in imposing three consecutive 15-year minimum mandatory sentences for offenses which arose from the same incident; (2) in denying his motions for judgment of aquittal; and (3) in permitting improper comments in the presence of the jury. We AFFIRM each of the three points raised but certify the following question, on the first point, as one of great public importance:
GIVEN THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT UNDERLYING CHAPTER 88-131, LAWS OF FLORIDA, AND THE COURT'S DECISIONS IN STATE V. ENMUND, 476 S0.2D 165 (FLA.1985), AND STATE V BOATWRIGHT, 559 S0.2D 210 (FLA.1990), DOES A TRIAL JUDGE HAVE THE DISCRETION, UNDER SECTIONS 775.021(4) AND 775.-084, FLORIDA STATUTES (SUPP.1988), TO IMPOSE CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS, EACH WITH A FIFTEEN YEAR MINIMUM MANDATORY TERM OF INCARCERATION, FOR FIRST DEGREE FELONIES COMMIT TED BY AN HABITUAL VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER?
WIGGINTON, MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.