Case Name: Emmanuel PIERRE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-05-18
Citations: 414 So. 2d 30
Docket Number: No. 81-1196
Parties: Emmanuel PIERRE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 414
Pages: 30–30

Head Matter:
Emmanuel PIERRE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81-1196.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 18, 1982.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendel-son, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before NESBITT, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon the authority of State v. Hegstrom, 401 So.2d 1343 (Fla.1981), we vacate the sentence imposed for possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense; we affirm the conviction.
Consistent with our certification in Marshall v. State, 413 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982) (on rehearing), we certify to the Supreme Court of Florida, as a matter of great public importance, the question of whether trial courts are empowered to impose separate punishments for the statutory offenses relating to the use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and the commission of that same felony by the use of a firearm.
Affirmed.