Case Title: David Myers V. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC00-98

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-98
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DAVID MYERS,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[August 24, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in Myers v. State, 747 So. 2d 1049 (Fla. 5th
DCA 2000), in which the Fifth District certified conflict with State v. Wise, 744 So.
2d 1035 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), and State v. Cotton, 728 So. 2d 251 (Fla. 2d DCA
1998).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We recently approved the First District's opinion in Woods, holding that the
Prisoner Releasee Reoffender Act, as properly interpreted by the First District,
does not violate separation of powers, and rejecting other constitutional challenges
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to the Act.  See State v. Cotton,  25 Fla. L. Weekly S463 (Fla. June 15, 2000). 
Accordingly, we approve the Fifth District’s decision in Myers.  
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and LEWIS,
JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
QUINCE, J., dissenting.
I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent in State v. Cotton, 25 Fla. L.
Weekly S463 (Fla. June 15, 2000).
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Direct Conflict of Decisions
Fifth District - Case No. 5D99-1157
(Seminole County)
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Jane C. Almy-Loewinger, Assistant Attorney
General, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney
General, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Respondent