Title: Mickey Palmieri v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC97062
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MICKEY PALMIERI,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[February 8, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review the decision in Palmieri v. State, 745 So. 2d 425 (Fla. 2d
DCA 1999), which certified conflict with the opinions in McKnight v. State, 727
So. 2d 314 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), approved, 769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000), and
Woods v. State, 740 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), approved sub nom. State v.
Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000).  We have jurisdiction.  Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla.
Const.
1See § 775.082(8), Fla. Stat. (1997).
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Palmieri challenges his sentence under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act1
(“the Act”) on several grounds, all of which have been addressed by previous
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);  State v. Cotton, 769
So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000) (holding that the Act violates neither separation of powers
nor principles of due process by allowing a “victim veto” that precludes application
of the Act, as well as holding that the Act is not void for vagueness and does not
constitute a form of cruel or unusual punishment).  Accordingly, the decision in
Palmieri is approved to the extent that it is consistent with our opinions in Grant
and Cotton.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, 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, 769 So. 2d
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345, 358-59 (Fla. 2000).
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Direct Conflict
Second District - Case No. 2D99-00727 
(Pinellas County)
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joan Fowler, Assistant Public
Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa,
Florida,
for Respondent