Drigotas v. State

DOWNEY, Judge.

Pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.160(e), the County Court of Indian River County has certified to this court as a question of great public importance the following question:

Does Fla.Stat. 316.193(6)(c), as amended, require the imposition of a 30 day minimum mandatory period of jail incarceration when the second conviction is within five (5) years of the third conviction but the first conviction is not within five years of the third?

We exercise our discretion to accept jurisdiction to consider said question and, having considered same, answer the question in the…