Opinion
No. 1D19-1474
12-09-2020
DEONTAE PALINSKI JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Andy Thomas, Public Defender, Katherine Turner, Assistant Public Defender, Kathryn Lane, Assistant Public Defender, and Steven Seliger, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Damaris E. Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
James C. Hankinson, Judge. ON MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION PER CURIAM.
On motion of the appellee, we certify to the Supreme Court of Florida the following question of great public importance:
GIVEN THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 316.062(1), FLORIDA STATUTES, DOES CONVICTION ON MULTIPLE COUNTS UNDER SECTION 316.027(2), FLORIDA STATUTES, STEMMING FROM A SINGLE CRASH INVOLVING MULTIPLE VICTIMS, EXPOSE A DEFENDANT TO MULTIPLE PUNISHMENTS FOR ONE OFFENSE IN VIOLATION OF THE DOUBLE-JEOPARDY PROTECTIONS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION?LEWIS, WINOKUR, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur. Andy Thomas, Public Defender, Katherine Turner, Assistant Public Defender, Kathryn Lane, Assistant Public Defender, and Steven Seliger, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Damaris E. Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.