Title: Isaac Hill v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC96348
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ISAAC HILL,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[March 23, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Hill v. State, 740 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), in
which the Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed Isaac Hill’s violent career criminal
sentences and certified conflict with the Second District Court of Appeal’s decision
in Thompson v. State, 708 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).  We have jurisdiction. 
See Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  Based on our decision in State v. Thompson, 25
Fla. L. Weekly S1 (Fla. Dec. 22, 1999), in which we held unconstitutional chapter
95-182, Laws of Florida, as violative of the single subject rule, we quash the
1 We note that Hill has standing to raise a single subject rule challenge to chapter 95-182,
Laws of Florida, even assuming the window period for raising such a challenge closed on October
1, 1996, as determined by the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Salters v. State, 731 So. 2d 826,
826 (Fla. 4th DCA), review granted, No. 95,663 (Fla. Dec. 3, 1999). Further, even though Hill
failed to raise a single subject rule challenge in the trial court, we find that such challenge may be
properly addressed in this case for the first time on appeal.  Cf. Heggs v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly
S137, S138, S140 n.4 (Fla. Feb. 17, 2000); Nelson v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly S250, S251 (Fla.
May 27, 1999), cert. denied, 120 S. Ct. 950 (2000); State v. Johnson, 616 So. 2d 1, 3-4 (Fla.
1993).
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decision below and remand for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in
effect on July 8, 1996, the date on which Hill committed the underlying offenses in
this case.1  See Thompson, 25 Fla. L. Weekly at S3 (remanding for resentencing in
accordance with the valid laws in effect at the time the defendant committed her
offenses).
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ.,
concur.
WELLS, 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 - Certified
Direct Conflict of Decisions
Fifth District - Case No. 5D98-1068
( Seminole County)
James R. Valerino, Sanford, Florida,
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for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan and Robin A.
Compton, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Respondent