Case Name: Steven WHITSETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-04-28
Citations: 870 So. 2d 965
Docket Number: No. 4D03-2168
Parties: Steven WHITSETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, KLEIN and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 870
Pages: 965–965

Head Matter:
Steven WHITSETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D03-2168.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 28, 2004.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm based on Krischer v. Faris, 838 So.2d 600 (Fla. 4th DCA), prohibition dismissed, 846 So.2d 1148 (Fla.2003), but certify as a question of great public importance the question certified in Harris v. State, 27 Florida Law Weekly D946, — So.2d-, 2002 WL 731699 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002), rev. granted, 854 So.2d 600 (Fla. 2003):
IS A PLEA AGREEMENT FOR PRISON TIME FOLLOWED BY PROBATION VIOLATED WHEN THE STATE LATER INITIATES DISCRETIONARY CIVIL COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE JIMMY RYCE ACT (PART V OF CHAPTER 394, FLORIDA STATUTES)? IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST QUESTION, IS THE STATE BARRED BY EQUITABLE ESTOPPEL FROM SEEKING CIVIL COMMITMENT?
WARNER, KLEIN and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.