Case Name: Kevin HALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-02-05
Citations: 838 So. 2d 1203
Docket Number: No. 2D02-2356
Parties: Kevin HALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALTENBERND, C.J., and CASANUEVA, J., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 838
Pages: 1203–1204

Head Matter:
Kevin HALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D02-2356.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 5, 2003.
Rehearing Denied March 5, 2003.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Kevin Hall challenges the order of the circuit court denying his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Hall argues that his sentence as a prison releas-ee reoffender is illegal based on Taylor v. State, 818 So.2d 544 (Fla. 2d DCA), review dismissed by 821 So.2d 302 (Fla.2002). Taylor held that chapter 99-188, Laws of Florida, was unconstitutional since it was enacted in violation of the single subject rule. The effective date of the Prison Releasee Reoffender Punishment Act was May 30, 1997. Jefferson v. State, 777 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). Chapter 99-188 broadened the definition of a prison releasee reoffender to include a defendant who commits a listed offense while serving a prison sentence or is on escape status. See ch. 99-188, § 2, at 1041, Laws of Fla. Since Hall has not alleged that he was affected by the amendments to the prison releasee reoffender statute and that he could not have been sentenced as a prison releasee reoffender pursuant to the statute in existence prior to the passage of chapter 99-188, his claim is facially insufficient. See Bush v. State, 823 So.2d 833 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (holding that the validly enacted statutes in effect prior to the enactment of chapter 99-188 control sentencing).
Accordingly, we affirm the order of the circuit court.
ALTENBERND, C.J., and CASANUEVA, J., Concur.
. Ch. 97-239, Laws of Fla.