George BOATWRIGHT, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Miсhael E. Allen, Public Defender, David P. Gauldin, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
SHIVERS, Judge.
Appellant, George Boatwright, appeals from a conviction on counts of burglary with intent to commit sexual battery, kidnapping with intent to сommit sexual battery, and two counts of sexual battery on a person less than 12 years of age.
Boatwright received a sentence of 25 yеars imprisonment on the charge of burglary of a dwelling with intent to commit assault. Boatwright's sentence provided that this count would run consecutively with Cоunts 2 and 4, which both involved sexual battery. In addition, Boatwright's sentence required that his conviction of burglary of a dwelling would run concurrently with Count 3, his sexual battery count. Boatwright was also sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for his conviction of kidnapping. This sentence was to run consecutively with Boаtwright's convictions for Counts I and III, burglary of a dwelling and sexual battery. It was to run concurrently with his conviction on Count 4 of sexual battery. As to Count 3 (sexual battery), Boatwright received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for 25 years. This sentence was to run consecutively with Counts II and IV, which involved kidnapping and sexual battery. Count 3 was also required to run concurrently with Boatwright's conviction for burglary of a dwelling. Finally, Boatwright received a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his conviction on Count 4, his second sexual battery count. Again, this life term was without the possibility of *956 parole for 25 years. This sentence was to run consecutively with Boatwright's conviction of burglary of a dwelling as well as with his sexual battery conviction under Count 3. It was to run concurrently with Boatwright's conviction for kidnapping.
Boatwright alleges that the trial court erred in stacking minimum mandatory consecutive sentences because his criminal acts occurred in one continuous course of conduct. We agree, and reversе. See Pratt v. State,
We also find that the trial court erred in scoring both sexual battery counts since they were capital felonies to which the sentencing guidelinеs do not apply. See section 921.001(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1985). On remand, therefore, the trial court should recalculate the offenses on Boatwright's scoresheet, bearing in mind that capital felonies are not to be scored. We have considered the other issues which Boatwright raises, and find them to be without merit.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
THOMPSON and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
SHIVERS, Judge.
The State moves for rehearing claiming our original opinion is at variance with two Florida Supreme Court decisions, State v. Enmund,
In State v. Enmund,
The State appealed to the Florida Supreme Court which quashed the district court's decision. The court found the facts of Palmer v. State, supra, where the defendant had "used one revolver to rob 13 people at the same time," to be distinguishable from the crimes Enmund had committed, which involved "twо separate and distinct homicides." Enmund,
The supreme court specifically found in Enmund that "the legislature intended that the minimum mandatory time to be served bеfore becoming eligible for parole from a conviction of first-degree murder may be imposed either consecutively or concurrently, in the trial сourt's discretion, for each and every homicide." Enmund,
At least one case decided since Enmund and Pina suggests that Enmund's holding does not аpply except in instances where a defendant is being sentenced for double homicides. In Murray v. State,
The instant case involves a factual situation which is something intermediate between that found in Murray v. State, on the one hand, and Enmund v. State, on the other. Like the former case, it concerns the imposition of consecutive minimum mandatory sentences upon multiple convictions of sexual battery committed in the course of what appears to have been a single criminal occurrence. Like Enmund v. State, however, this case involves the imposition of conseсutive minimum mandatory sentences upon capital felony convictions. Since the supreme court has not expressly indicated either in thе Enmund decision or elsewhere that a trial court may impose consecutive sentences in any situations beyond those concerning double homicides, we adhere to our previous holding. We do, however, certify the following question:
WHETHER THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, IN STATE V. ENMUND, MEANT TO PERMIT A TRIAL JUDGE, IN HIS DISCRETION, TO STACK MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCES IN ALL CASES CONCERNING CAPITAL FELONIES, OR WHETHER IT MEANT TO RESTRICT THE SCOPE OF ITS HOLDING IN THAT DECISION TO CASES INVOLVING HOMICIDE.
THOMPSON and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.
