McGregor v. State

Full title: STEVEN MCGREGOR, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jun 1, 2000

763 So. 2d 1222 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

Case No. 1D98-3776.

Opinion filed June 1, 2000.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County, William A. Wilkes, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. We certify the question of great public importance formerly certified in Davenport v. State, 2000 WL 356345 (Fla. 1st DCA Apr. 7, 2000), and Woods v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D831 (Fla. 1st DCA March 26, 1999): DOES THE PRISON RELEASEE REOFFENDER PUNISHMENT ACT, CODIFIED AS SECTION 775.082(8), FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), VIOLATE THE SEPARATION OF POWERS CLAUSE OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?

MINER, WEBSTER and LAWRENCE, JJ., CONCUR.