Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Williams v. State, 767 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 2000)
25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 635; 2000 Fla. LEXIS 1732; 2000 WL 1205971
Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells

Williams v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review the decision in Williams v. State, 751 So.2d 114 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), in which the First District certified the same question it had certified in Woods v. State, 740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We recently approved the First District’s opinion in Woods, holding that the Prisoner Releasee Reoffender Act, as properly interpreted by the First District, does not violate separation of powers, and rejecting other constitutional challenges to the Act. See State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla. 2000). Accordingly, for the reasons expressed in Cotton, we approve the First District’s decision in Williams. We decline to address the other issues raised in this case. See Heuss v. State, 687 So.2d 823, 824 (Fla. 1996).

It is so ordered.

*443WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.

QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

QUINCE, J.,

dissenting.

I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent in State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla. 2000).

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Full Case Name
Jeffrey Lamar WILLIAMS v. STATE of Florida
Status
Published