Case Title: Larry J. Robinson v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC96-481

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-05-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96481
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LARRY J. ROBINSON,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[May 18, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Robinson v. State, 738 So. 2d 1019 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999),
in which the First District Court of Appeal affirmed Larry J. Robinson’s violent
career criminal sentence and certified conflict with the Second District Court of
Appeal’s decision in Thompson v. State, 708 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).  We
have jurisdiction.  See Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  Based on our decision in State
v. Thompson, 750 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1999), in which we held unconstitutional chapter
95-182, Laws of Florida, as violative of the single subject rule, we quash the
1 Based on our decision in Salters v. State, No. SC95663 (Fla. May 11, 2000), we
determine that Robinson has standing to raise a single subject rule challenge to chapter 95-182,
Laws of Florida.  Moreover, we agree with Robinson’s uncontested assertion that he may
challenge his violent career criminal sentence despite the fact that such sentence resulted from a
negotiated plea agreement.  See, e.g., Shelton v. State, 739 So. 2d 1235, 1236-37 (Fla. 4th DCA
1999).
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decision below and remand for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in
effect on April 10, 1997, the date on which Robinson committed the underlying
offense in this case.1  See Thompson, 750 So. 2d at 649 (remanding for resentencing
in accordance with the valid laws in effect at the time the defendant committed her
offenses).
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ.,
concur.
WELLS, 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 of Decisions
First District - Case No. 1D98-3576
(Bay County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Robert Friedman, Assistant Public Defender,
Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
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Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief,
Criminal Appeals, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent