Case Name: Michael André FUNCHESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-05-27
Citations: 597 So. 2d 985
Docket Number: No. 91-3154
Parties: Michael André FUNCHESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ZEHMER and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 597
Pages: 985–985

Head Matter:
Michael André FUNCHESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-3154.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 27, 1992.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Sara D. Baggett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
SMITH, Judge.
Appellant's constitutional challenge of his habitual violent felony offender sentence is AFFIRMED. However pursuant to Fla.R.App.P. 9.030(a)(2)(v), we certify the following questions to be of great public importance:
1. DOES IT VIOLATE A DEFENDANT'S SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS WHEN HE IS CLASSIFIED AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 775.084, FLORIDA STATUTES (1989), AND THEREBY SUBJECTED TO AN EXTENDED TERM OF IMPRISONMENT, IF HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF AN ENUMERATED VIOLENT FELONY WITHIN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, EVEN THOUGH HIS PRESENT OFFENSE IS A NONVIOLENT FELONY?
2. DOES SECTION 775.084(l)(b), FLORIDA STATUTES (1989), VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST DOUBLE JEOPARDY BY INCREASING A DEFENDANT'S PUNISHMENT DUE TO THE NATURE OF A PRIOR OFFENSE?
See Hall v. State, 588 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), pet. for rev. pending, no. 79,237; Tillman v. State, 586 So.2d 1269 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), pet. for rev. pending, no. 78,715; Perkins v. State, 583 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), pet. for rev. pending, no. 78,613.
AFFIRMED.
ZEHMER and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.