Barnhill v. State

BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before us to review the decision of the district court of appeal in Barnhill v. State, 393 So.2d 557 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980), which passed upon a question certified to be of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

Appellant pleaded no contest to charges of kidnapping and attempted first-degree murder which arose from a single criminal episode involving the same victim. The trial court sentenced appellant to four years incarceration and two years in a community control program under the Youthful Offender Act for kidnapping and twenty…