We have for review the decision in Brown v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D2753, — So.2d -, 1999 WL 1112715 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec.8, 1999), in which the First District held that section 775.082(8)(a)2.a., Florida Statutes (1997), which provides for a life sentence for prison releasee reoffen-ders who commit “a felony punishable by life,” applies both to life felonies and first degree felonies punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life. The district court also upheld the constitutionality of section 775.082(8), and certified that issue for our review. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We upheld the statute’s constitutionality in State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345, 349-50 (Fla. 2000). We have also recently approved of the district court’s holding in Brown in Knight v. State, 808 So.2d 210 (Fla. 2002), a case presenting the same issue.

Accordingly, we approve the decision of the district court on the authority of Cotton and Knight.

It is so ordered.