State v. Murray

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. JAKE MURRAY, JR., Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: May 28, 1999

732 So. 2d 500 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-3072

Opinion filed May 28, 1999

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Reginald K. Whitehead, Judge.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Dee Ball, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

COBB, J.

The trial court declared the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act¹ unconstitutional and the state appeals. We reverse for the reasons set forth in Speed v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D1017 (Fla. 5th DCA April 23, 1999).

1 See Ch. 97-239, Laws of Fla. (effective May 30, 1997).

REVERSED.

GRIFFIN, CJ. and GOSHORN, J., concur.