WHITEHEAD v. STATE

No. 67053.

498 So.2d 863 (1986)

Kenneth WHITEHEAD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Royall P. Terry, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


BARKETT, Justice.

We have for review Whitehead v. State, 467 So.2d 779 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). In that decision, the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

When a defendant who committed a crime before 1 October 1983 affirmatively selects sentencing pursuant to the sentencing guidelines, must the record show the defendant knowingly and intelligently waived the right to parole...

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