Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2000

Marshall v. State

Marshall v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 23, 2000 · Davis, Joanos, Miner
753 So. 2d 767; 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 3455; 2000 WL 296521 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Marshall v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals his conviction and sentence as a prison releasee reoffender. We reject appellant’s challenges to the constitutionality of section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (1997). See Chambers v. State, 752 So.2d 64 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000); Turner v. State, 745 So.2d 351, 352 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), citing Woods v. State, 740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA), review granted, 740 So.2d 529 (Fla. 1999). We affirm the other issues presented without further comment.

Accordingly, we affirm appellant’s conviction and sentence. However, as in Woods, we certify the following question to *768the Florida Supreme Court as a matter 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?
JOANOS, MINER and DAVIS, JJ.,CONCUR.

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