Case Name: Harold GAINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-02-14
Citations: 816 So. 2d 648
Docket Number: No. 1D00-1852
Parties: Harold GAINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, BOOTH and ALLEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 816
Pages: 648–648

Head Matter:
Harold GAINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D00-1852.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 14, 2001.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Nancy L. Showalter, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Anne C. Toolan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant's sentence is affirmed. See Knight v. State, 791 So.2d 490 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), pet. for review pending, No. SC-001987; Brown v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D2753, — So.2d -, 1999 WL 1112715 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec.8, 1999). Nevertheless, consistent with our certification in Knight, we certify the following question to the supreme court as a question of great public importance:
DOES SECTION 775.082(8)(A)2A, FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), WHICH MANDATES A LIFE SENTENCE FOR PRISON RELEASEE REOF-FENDERS WHO COMMIT "A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY LIFE," APPLY BOTH TO LIFE FELONIES AND FIRST DEGREE FELONIES PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM OF YEARS NOT EXCEEDING LIFE?
AFFIRMED.
ERVIN, BOOTH and ALLEN, JJ., concur.