Title: Roosevelt Richardson v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96764
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ROOSEVELT  RICHARDSON,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[July 6, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in Richardson v. State, 748 So. 2d 1042
(Fla. 5th DCA 1999), in which the Fifth District certified the same question as did
the First District 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 approve the decision of the
Fifth District 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
Fifth District - Case No. 5D99-179 
(Volusia County)
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James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender,
Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan and Kristen L.
Davenport, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Respondent