Case Title: David Reyes v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC96-487

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-07-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96487
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DAVID REYES,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[July 6, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in Reyes v. State, 742 So. 2d 825 (Fla. 1st
DCA 1999), in which the First District certified the same question which it certified
in Woods v. State, 740 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999): 
DOES 
THE 
PRISON 
RELEASEE 
REOFFENDER
PUNISHMENT ACT, CODIFIED AS SECTION  775.082(8),
FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), VIOLATE THE SEPARATION
OF 
POWERS 
CLAUSE 
OF 
THE 
FLORIDA
CONSTITUTION?
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
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We recently approved the First District's decision 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
to the Act.  See State v. Cotton, Nos.  SC94996 & SC95281 (Fla. June 15, 2000). 
Accordingly, for the reasons expressed in Cotton, we answer the certified question
in the negative and approve the First District’s decision in this case.  
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, Nos.
SC94996 & SC95281 (Fla. June 15, 2000).
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Great Public Importance
First District - Case No. 1D98-544 
(Duval County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glenna Joyce Reeves, Assistant Public
Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
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for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau
Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Carolyn J. Mosley, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent