State of Florida v. Ridge Gabriel

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC19-2155 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. RIDGE GABRIEL, Respondent. April 8, 2021 POLSTON, J. We review the Fifth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Gabriel v. State,

44 Fla. L. Weekly D2913

(Fla. 5th DCA Dec. 6, 2019), in which the Fifth District certified the following question of great public importance: IS THE LOWEST PERMISSIBLE SENTENCE AS DEFINED BY AND APPLIED IN SECTION 921.0024(2), FLORIDA STATUTES, AN INDIVIDUAL MINIMUM SENTENCE AND NOT A COLLECTIVE MINIMUM SENTENCE WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS SUBJECT TO SENTENCING…