Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2000

McKinney v. State

McKinney v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 1, 2000 · Allen, Barfield, Lawrence
751 So. 2d 766; 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 1978; 2000 WL 228063 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

McKinney v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The appealed orders are affirmed. As in Woods v. State, 740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. granted, 740 So.2d 529 (Fla. 1999), we certify the following question 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?
BARFIELD, C.J., ALLEN and LAWRENCE, JJ., CONCUR.

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