Burton v. State

Full title: JOHN L. BURTON a/k/a JAMAAL ALI BILAL, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: May 18, 2004

876 So. 2d 27 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

Case No. 1D03-3575.

Opinion filed May 18, 2004.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Terry D. Terrell, Judge.

David L. Dees, Pensacola, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. State v. Mitchell, 866 So.2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004); Tabor v. State, 864 So.2d 1171 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). We certify the same question as one of great public importance:

DOES THE RYCE ACT REQUIRE THAT THE CURRENT INCARCERATION BE FOR A SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE?

WOLF, C.J., ERVIN AND VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.