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797 So. 2d 1253

797 So.2d 1253

26 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 658

McKinney v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 4, 2001

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 2001-10-04

Relies on State v. Cotton · McKinney v. State

Decided 2001-10-04

PER CURIAM.

¶1We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be 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?

¶2McKinney v. State, 751 So.2d 766 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

¶3In State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla.2000), we answered the certified question in the negative. We therefore discharge jurisdiction.

¶4It is so ordered.

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