Price v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 12, 2001

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 2001-07-12

Relies on State v. Cotton · Price v. State

Decided 2001-07-12

LEWIS, J.

¶1We have for review Price v. State, 764 So.2d 694 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

¶2We answer the certified question in the negative,1see State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla.2000), and approve the decision of the district court.

¶3It is so ordered.

WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.QUINCE, J., dissents.

¶4. The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance: DOES THE PRISON RELEASEE REOF-FENDER PUNISHMENT ACT, CODIFIED AS SECTION 775.082(8), FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), VIOLATE THE SEPARATION OF POWERS CLAUSE OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?