Case Name: Leonard McKINNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-01
Citations: 751 So. 2d 766
Docket Number: No. 1D98-2395
Parties: Leonard McKINNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD, C.J., ALLEN and LAWRENCE, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 751
Pages: 766–766

Head Matter:
Leonard McKINNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D98-2395.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 1, 2000.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Fred Parker Bingham II, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Charmaine Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appealed orders are affirmed. As in Woods v. State, 740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. granted, 740 So.2d 529 (Fla.1999), we certify the following question 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?
BARFIELD, C.J., ALLEN and LAWRENCE, JJ., CONCUR.