Jones v. State

Full title: TERRANCE JONES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Feb 25, 2000

751 So. 2d 195 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 5D99-1681.

Opinion filed February 25, 2000.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, J. Preston Silvernail, Judge.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Rebecca M. Becker, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The sentence imposed pursuant to the Prison Release Reoffender Act ("PRRA"), 775.082(8), Florida. Statutes (1997), is affirmed. See Speed v. State, 732 So.2d 17 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), rev. granted, 743 So.2d 15 (Fla. 1999). We certify the question whether the act violates the constitutional principle of separation of powers.

AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.

PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.