BAKER v. STATE

No. 79054.

598 So.2d 1071 (1992)

James Franklin BAKER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and John S. Lynch, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

We have for review Baker v. State, 591 So.2d 959 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), in which the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's holding that a life sentence is mandatory under the habitual offender statute1 when a defendant is habitualized on a first-degree felony. We accept jurisdiction2 and remand the case for reconsideration in light of...

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