Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2000

Austin v. State

Austin v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 6, 2000 · Allen, Nortwick, Wolf
790 So. 2d 433; 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 2197; 2000 WL 241810 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Austin v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant raises four issues on appeal, none of which has merit, and only one of which needs to be briefly discussed. ' Appellant challenges section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (the Prison Releasee Reoffen-der Punishment Act), as being violative of the separation of powers clause of the Florida Constitution. We reject this challenge. See Woods v. State, 740 So.2d 20 *434(Fla. 1st DCA); rev. granted, 740 So.2d 529 (Fla. 1999). As we did in Woods, however, we certify the following question as being 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?

Affirmed.

ALLEN, WOLF and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.

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