Case Name: James SIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-08-04
Citations: 755 So. 2d 682
Docket Number: No. 98-2792
Parties: James SIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 755
Pages: 682–683

Head Matter:
James SIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-2792.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 4, 1999.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ettie Feistmann, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See State v. Woods, 740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). We certify the same question certified in Woods as one of great public importance:
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?
STONE, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.