Simmons v. State

James SIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 4, 1999.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1999-08-04

Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently July 2000

15 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“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?”

quoted by 10 later decisions, including McDowell v. State, McIntyre v. State

Relies on 740 So. 2d 20 - Woods v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1999-08-04

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¶1Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

¶2 *683 Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ettie Feistmann, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4Affirmed. See State v. Woods,740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). We certify the same question certified in Woods as one of great public importance:

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?

¶5STONE, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.