Maisonet-Maldonado v. State, Case No. 5D18-942
Decision Date | 18 October 2019 |
Docket Number | Case No. 5D18-942 |
Citation | 283 So.3d 862 |
Parties | Jose MAISONET-MALDONADO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Andrew Mich, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
Jose Maisonet-Maldonado appeals the summary denial of ground eight of his motion seeking postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule Criminal Procedure 3.850. Maisonet-Maldonado argues that the single homicide rule prohibits his convictions and sentences for vehicular homicide and fleeing and eluding causing serious injury or death that involve the same victim. We agree.
The single homicide rule was adopted by the Florida Supreme Court in Houser v. State, 474 So. 2d 1193 (Fla. 1985). Pursuant to the rule, a defendant may not be punished for a single homicide under two different statutes. Id. at 1196 ( ); Linton v. State, 212 So. 3d 1100, 1103 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017) (, )review granted, No. SC17-2228, 2018 WL 1531453, *1 (Fla. Mar. 28, 2018), and review dismissed, No. SC18-471, 2018 WL 2316542, *1 ; see also Daniel v. State, 271 So. 3d 1214, 1215 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019)1 ( ); McCullough v. State, 230 So. 3d 586, 593 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017) (same).
Accordingly, we affirm the postconviction order with respect to grounds one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven, but reverse the summary denial of ground eight of Maisonet-Maldonado's motion, and remand for further proceedings. On remand, the trial court should affirm Maisonet-Maldonado's convictions for vehicular homicide (Counts V and VI), vacate the current judgments for fleeing and eluding causing serious injury or death (Counts II and III), and enter judgments convicting Maisonet-Maldonado of the lesser included offense of fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer in violation of section 316.1935(3)(a), Florida Statutes (2008). See Linton, 212 So. 3d at 1103. The trial court shall also conduct further proceedings to resentence Maisonet-Maldonado in light of his modified convictions. Id.
We also certify the following question of great public importance to the Florida Supreme Court:
DOES THE "SINGLE HOMICIDE" RULE FOUND IN HOUSER V. STATE, 474 SO. 2D 1193 (FLA. 1985), PRECLUDE SEPARATE CONVICTIONS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND FLEEING AND ELUDING CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH THAT INVOLVE THE SAME VICTIM?
AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; REMANDED, with directions; and QUESTION CERTIFIED.
1 Notably, the First District, in Daniel, held that McKinney v. State, 51 So. 3d 645 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011), review denied, 95 So. 3d 213 (Fla. 2012), is no longer...
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