Case Title: State of Florida v. Debra Bohler

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC00-1075

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2001-07-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-1075 
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
DEBRA BOHLER,
Respondent.
[July 12, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review State v. Bohler, 758 So. 2d 719 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). 
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We quash that part of the district court’s decision which holds that the
sentencing of the petitioner as both a habitual felony offender and a prison releasee
reoffender constitutes double jeopardy, and remand for reconsideration upon
application of our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 2000); State v.
Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000); McKnight v. State, 769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla.
-2-
2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000).  We approve that part of the
district court’s decision which holds that the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act (the
“Act”) applies to the petitioner despite the fact that the petitioner was released from
prison prior to its effective date, because the petitioner committed the crimes within
three years of her release from prison and after the effective date of the Act.  See
Grant, 770 So. 2d at 661.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., dissents.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Direct Conflict
Fourth District - Case No. 4D99-2071 
(Broward County)
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureay Chief, West Palm
Beach, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm
Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public
Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Respondent