Case Name: Terry JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-10-27
Citations: 513 So. 2d 1388
Docket Number: No. 86-2693
Parties: Terry JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, NESBITT, and DANIEL S., PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 513
Pages: 1388–1388

Head Matter:
Terry JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-2693.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 27, 1987.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, NESBITT, and DANIEL S., PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. Mulvey v. State, 41 So.2d 156 (Fla.1949); Myers v. State, 499 So.2d 895 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). This case presents the same question certified in Bellinger v. State, 513 So.2d 732 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), Reid v. State, 512 So.2d 1161 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), and Condiles v. State, 512 So.2d 331 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).
Accordingly, we certify the following question to the Florida supreme court so that this case may be paired for review with Bellinger, Reid, Condiles, Hoefert v. State, 509 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987), Winters v. State, 500 So.2d 303 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986) and Myers:
IS USE OF THE HABITUAL OFFENDER STATUTE TO EXCEED THE STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR THE OFFENSE PRECLUDED WHERE THE SENTENCE IMPOSED DOES NOT EXCEED THE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINE SENTENCE?
Affirmed and certified.