Price v. State

Supreme Court of Florida July 12, 2001

Price v. State, 791 So. 2d 1086 (Fla. 2001)

26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 669; 2001 Fla. LEXIS 1383; 2001 WL 776247

Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells

Opinion of the Court

LEWIS, J.

We have for review Price v. State, 764 So.2d 694 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We answer the certified question in the negative,1 see State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla. 2000), and approve the decision of the district court.

It is so ordered.

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

. The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance: DOES THE PRISON RELEASEE REOF-FENDER PUNISHMENT ACT, CODIFIED AS SECTION 775.082(8), FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), VIOLATE THE SEPARATION OF POWERS CLAUSE OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?

Reference

Full Case Name: Samuel Eli PRICE v. STATE of Florida
Status: Published