FELTS v. STATE, 549 So.2d 1373 (Fla. 1989)

WILLIAM FELTS, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT.

No. 71915.Supreme Court of Florida.
September 28, 1989. Rehearing Denied November 13, 1989.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance, First District — Case No. BJ-413 (Madison County).

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Doran, Acting Director, and Gypsy Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

In Felts v. State, 537 So.2d 995, 1002 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

Whether that portion of chapter 87-110, Laws of Florida, which amends section 921.001(5), Florida Statutes, is applicable to appellate review of sentences imposed for offenses which were committed prior to July 1, 1987.

We answered the identical question in the negative in State v. McGriff, 537 So.2d 107

Page 1374

(Fla. 1989). Therefore, we approve the decision of the district court on rehearing.[*] 537 So.2d at 1004-06.

It is so ordered.

EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.

[*] The original appellate panel affirmed Felts’ sentence and certified the question set out above. On rehearing en banc, however, the district court reversed and remanded for resentencing, but adhered to the question certified in the original opinion.

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