Opinion
No. 79152.
July 23, 1992. Rehearing Denied February 11, 1993.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance, First District — Case No. 89-02826 (Columbia County).
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Carl S. McGinnes, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.
On the authority of Burdick v. State, 594 So.2d 267 (Fla. 1992), we answer the question certified in Gholston v. State, 589 So.2d 307 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in the affirmative and approve that portion of the district court's opinion that upheld habitual offender sentencing for first-degree felonies punishable by life imprisonment. We do not address any other issues and express no opinion on the correctness of the remainder of the district court opinion.
We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), of the Florida Constitution.
It is so ordered.
BARKETT, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, SHAW, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.