Title: Keith Bland v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC95598
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KEITH BLAND,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 22, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in Bland v. State, 729 So. 2d 539 (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.
We recently approved the First District's opinion in Woods, holding that the
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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.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, 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. 1D98-965 
(Duval County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Sherrie Barnes, Assistant Public Defender,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
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Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal
Appeals, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent