State v. Purwin
| Decision Date | 08 October 1981 |
| Docket Number | No. 59556,59556 |
| Citation | 405 So.2d 970 |
| Parties | STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Stephen W. PURWIN, Respondent. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Barbara Ann Butler and Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondent.
We have for review the decision of the District Court, Fifth District, in Purwin v. State, reported at 385 So.2d 165 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). The district court reversed the trial court's imposition of sentence upon the ground that it should have ordered and considered a presentence investigation report before sentencing Purwin to three consecutive life sentences for three convictions of murder in the first degree. We find that this decision expressly and directly conflicts with our decisions in Thompson v. State, 389 So.2d 197 (Fla. 1980); Jackson v. State, 366 So.2d 752 (Fla. 1978), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 885, 100 S.Ct. 177, 62 L.Ed.2d 115 (1979); Hargrave v. State, 366 So.2d 1 (1978), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 919, 100 S.Ct. 239, 62 L.Ed.2d 176 (1979); and Thompson v. State, 328 So.2d 1 (Fla. 1976).
We adhere to our previous decisions and find that the trial court was not required by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.710 to order a presentence investigation report. We hold that where there are multiple capital felony convictions, the trial court may, but is not required to, order a presentence investigation report before sentencing a defendant. This is true even in those cases where the death penalty is not available as a sentence alternative and where the defendant is a first felony offender. The decision of the district court is therefore quashed in part, and this cause is remanded with directions to reinstate the sentences imposed by the trial court.
It is so ordered.
I would recede from Thompson v. State, 328 So.2d 1 (Fla. 1976).
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