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ROY NEBRASKA SCOTT, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

SHIVERS, WOLF, and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.

PER CURIAM.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING OR TO CERTIFY QUESTIONS

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant's motion for rehearing of our per curiam decision affirming the judgment and sentence of the trial court is denied. However, pursuant to Fla.R.App.P. 9.030(a)(2)(A)(v), we certify the following questions to be of great public importance:

1. DOES IT VIOLATE A DEFENDANT'S SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS WHEN HE IS CLASSIFIED AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 775.084, FLORIDA STATUTES (1989), AND THEREBY SUBJECTED TO AN EXTENDED TERM OF IMPRISONMENT, IF HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF AN ENUMERATED VIOLENT FELONY WITHIN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, EVEN THOUGH HIS PRESENT OFFENSE IS A NONVIOLENT FELONY?
2. DOES SECTION 775.084(1)(b), FLORIDA STATUTES (1989), VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST DOUBLE JEOPARDY BY INCREASING A DEFENDANT'S PUNISHMENT DUE TO THE NATURE OF A PRIOR OFFENSE?
See Hall v. State, 588 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), pet. for rev. pending, no. 79,237; Tillman v. State, 586 So.2d 1269 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), pet. for rev. pending, no. 78,715; Perkins v. State, 583 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 1st DCA), jurisdiction accepted, 590 So.2d 421 (Fla. 1991).

AFFIRMED.

WOLF and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.

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SCOTT v. STATE
(May 5, 1992)