Case Name: Willie McLEOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-08-16
Citations: 583 So. 2d 818
Docket Number: No. 90-1233
Parties: Willie McLEOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ZEHMER and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 583
Pages: 818–818

Head Matter:
Willie McLEOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-1233.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 16, 1991.
Barbara M. Linthicum, Public Defender, Paula S. Saunders, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Bradley R. Bischoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHIVERS, 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.
As this court did in Barnes, 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?
REVERSED and REMANDED.
ZEHMER and KAHN, JJ., concur.