State v. Miller

MICKLE, Judge.

The state appeals an order 1) granting Appellee Scott L. Miller’s motion to dismiss a five-count information on double-jeopardy grounds and 2) certifying the following as a question of great public importance:

WHETHER MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS FOR DUI WITH INJURIES OR PROPERTY [DAMAGE CAN] BE OBTAINED AGAINST A DEFENDANT, WHERE THERE ARE SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED AND DIFFERENT PROPERTY DAMAGED, CAUSED BY [A] DEFENDANT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AS THE RESULT OF ONE DRIVING EPISODE?

Finding that the recent decision in Melbourne v. State, 679 So.2d 759 (Fla.1996) (double-jeopardy…