Hunter v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Hunter v. State, 814 So. 2d 423 (Fla. 2002)
27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 284; 2002 Fla. LEXIS 538; 27 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 284
Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells

Hunter v. State

Concurring in Part

LEWIS, J.,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I agree with the majority that the PRRP is constitutional. However, with respect to the question of whether burglary of a dwelling, whether occupied or not, qualifies the defendant for prison releasee reoffender sentencing, I respectfully dissent for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion, and for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice Wells, in State v. Huggins, 802 So.2d 276 (Fla. 2001).

WELLS, C.J., concurs.

Opinion of the Court

QUINCE, J.

We have for review the decision in Hunter v. State, 751 So.2d 181 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000), which certified conflict -with the decision in State v. Huggins, 744 So.2d 1215 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), approved, 802 So.2d 276 (Fla. 2001). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

With regard to the issue of whether burglary of a dwelling, whether occupied or not, qualifies Hunter for sentencing as a prison releasee reoffender, we vacate the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal and remand for reconsideration upon application of our decision in State v. Huggins, 802 So.2d 276 (Fla. 2001).

Hunter also raises other constitutional challenges to the Prison Releasee Reoffen-der Punishment Act (PRRP), specifically, that the PRRP violates prohibitions against double jeopardy and cruel and unusual punishment. The Second District denied these claims, citing Grant v. State, 745 So.2d 519 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999), approved in part and quashed in part, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla. 2000). As to these constitutional claims, we approve the decision of the Second District based on our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla. 2000), and State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla. 2000).

It is so ordered.

SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur. LEWIS, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with an opinion, in which WELLS, C.J., concurs.

Reference

Full Case Name
Donald HUNTER v. STATE of Florida
Status
Published