State v. Session

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. ROBERT A. SESSION, RESPONDENT

Court: Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jul 9, 1987

509 So. 2d 923 (Fla. 1987)

Opinion

No. 69769.

July 9, 1987.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance; Fifth District — Case No. 86-1496.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Kevin Kitpatrick Carson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Session, in pro. per.

PER CURIAM.

We review Session v. State, 497 So.2d 930 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986), to answer the certified question of whether retroactive application of the penalty provisions of section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1985), violates the ex post facto provisions of the United States and Florida Constitutions. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer in the affirmative and approve the decision below on the authority of State v. Yost, 507 So.2d 1099 (Fla. 1987).

It is so ordered.

McDONALD, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.