Case Name: Kenneth Duane MIXON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-08-16
Citations: 583 So. 2d 817
Docket Number: No. 90-1994
Parties: Kenneth Duane MIXON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WIGGINTON and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 583
Pages: 817–818

Head Matter:
Kenneth Duane MIXON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-1994.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 16, 1991.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Kenneth Mixon, appeals his thirty-year sentence for armed burglary, a first-degree felony punishable by life, as a habitual offender under Section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1989). He relies on this court's opinions in Johnson v. State, 568 So.2d 519 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), and Gholston v. State, 16 F.L.W. D46 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec. 17, 1990). We affirm.
Mixon's reliance on Johnson is misplaced, because that case dealt with life felonies. Moreover, we have recently receded from Gholston in Burdick v. State, 584 So.2d 1035 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991) (en banc), in which we held that first-degree felonies punishable by life may be enhanced under section 775.084. Nonetheless, as we did in Green v. State, 583 So.2d 796 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), we certify the following question as one 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?
AFFIRMED.
WIGGINTON and KAHN, JJ., concur.
ERVIN, J., dissents with written opinion.