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Supreme Court of Florida, 2001

McKinney v. State

McKinney v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided October 4, 2001 · Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells
797 So. 2d 1253; 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 658; 2001 Fla. LEXIS 1924; 2001 WL 1165590 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

McKinney v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be 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?

McKinney v. State, 751 So.2d 766 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

In State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla. 2000), we answered the certified question in the negative. We therefore discharge jurisdiction.

It is so ordered.

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

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