
    Jaquan NEWMONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 5D01-1722.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Dec. 28, 2001.
    James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Barbara C. Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
   SAWAYA, J.

We affirm Newmones’ sentence, and, in accordance with Stabile v. State, 790 So.2d 1235 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001), certify the following question to the Florida Supreme Court:

DOES SECTION 775.082(8)(a)2.a„ FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), WHICH MANDATES A LIFE SENTENCE FOR PRISON RELEASEE REOF-FENDERS WHO COMMIT “A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY LIFE,” APPLY BOTH TO LIFE FELONIES AND FIRST DEGREE FELONIES PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM OF YEARS NOT EXCEEDING LIFE?

AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.

THOMPSON, C.J., and PALMER, J„ concur.  