Case Name: John WEST, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-02-06
Citations: 594 So. 2d 285
Docket Number: No. 78570
Parties: John WEST, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, McDonald, barkett, grimes, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 594
Pages: 285–286

Head Matter:
John WEST, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 78570.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Feb. 6, 1992.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public De fender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Laura Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Florida, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review West v. State, 584 So.2d 1044, 1046 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the district court certified the following question of great public importance:
Is a first degree felony punishable by a term of years not exceeding life imprisonment subject to an enhanced sentence of life imprisonment pursuant to the provisions of the habitual felony offender statute?
We answered this question in the affirmative in Burdick v. State, 594 So.2d 267 (Fla.1992). We therefore approve the opinion below.
It is so ordered.
SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, McDonald, barkett, grimes, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.
We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.