From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Apr 10, 1986
485 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 1986)

Opinion

No. 67153.

April 10, 1986.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Direct Conflict; Fifth District — Case No. 84-1545.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Christopher S. Quarles, Asst. Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


We have for review State v. Smith, 470 So.2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985), which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified as being in direct conflict with Whitehead v. State, 450 So.2d 545 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution. We approve Smith on the authority of State v. Whitehead, 472 So.2d 730 (Fla. 1985), wherein we approved in part and quashed in part the district court's opinion and in which we held that both imposing a three-year mandatory minimum sentence and reclassifying the second-degree murder conviction from a first-degree felony to a life felony did not constitute impermissible double enhancement.

It is so ordered.

BOYD, C.J., and ADKINS, OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Apr 10, 1986
485 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 1986)
Case details for

Smith v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES HENRY SMITH, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Apr 10, 1986

Citations

485 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 1986)

Citing Cases

Williams v. State

Reclassification and mandatory minimum provisions operate independently of one another and are not…

Hill v. State

. . . "The guidelines shall be applied to felonies, except capital felonies, committed on or before October…