Title: State of Florida v. Darious Davis

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-1646
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
DARIOUS DAVIS,
Respondent.
[July 12, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review Davis v. State,  760 So. 2d 977 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). 
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We quash, in part, the decision of the district court to the extent it determines
that a defendant cannot be sentenced as both a prison releasee reoffender and a
habitual violent felony offender.  Such sentencing does not constitute double
jeopardy.  See Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 2000) (determining that
sentencing under both the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act (the “Act”) and another
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recidivist statute did not constitute double jeopardy, but that the imposition of
equal, concurrent sentences under both statutes violated the Act itself). 
Accordingly, we remand the issue for reconsideration upon application of our
decisions in Grant; State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000); McKnight v. State,
769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000).
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 - 
Direct Conflict
Third District - Case No. 3D98-3286 
(Miami-Dade County)
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Michael J. Neimand and Gary K.
Milligan, Assistant Attorneys General, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 
for Petitioner
No appearance,
for Respondent