Case Title: Verro Chambers v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC00-416

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2001-06-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-416
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VERRO CHAMBERS,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 28, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review Chambers v. State, 752 So. 2d 64 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). 
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
Petitioner challenges his sentence under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act
(the “Act”) on several grounds, all of which have been previously addressed by
opinions of this Court.  See Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 2000) (rejecting an
ex post facto challenge to the Act and holding that the Act violates neither the single
subject rule for legislation nor principles of equal protection); McKnight v. State,
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769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000) (holding that a defendant has the right both to present
evidence to prove that the defendant does not qualify for sentencing under the Act
and to challenge the State’s evidence regarding the defendant’s eligibility for
sentencing as a prison releasee reoffender); State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla.
2000) (holding that the Act does not permit a “victim veto” which would violate a
defendant’s due process rights by precluding application of the Act in some
instances but not others, as well as holding that the Act is not void for vagueness
and does not constitute a form of cruel or unusual punishment; Ellis v. State, 762
So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000) (recognizing that publication in the Laws of Florida or the
Florida Statutes gives all citizens constructive notice of the consequences of their
actions).  Accordingly, we approve the decision of the district court to the extent it
is consistent with Grant, McKnight, Cotton, and Ellis.
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 Great Public Importance
First District - Case No. 1D99-1928 
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(Leon County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public
Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau
Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent