Case Name: Karnova AUSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-06
Citations: 790 So. 2d 433
Docket Number: No. 1D98-3180
Parties: Karnova AUSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALLEN, WOLF and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 790
Pages: 433–434

Head Matter:
Karnova AUSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D98-3180.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 6, 2000.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Judith Dougherty Hall, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant raises four issues on appeal, none of which has merit, and only one of which needs to be briefly discussed. ' Appellant challenges section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (the Prison Releasee Reoffen-der Punishment Act), as being violative of the separation of powers clause of the Florida Constitution. We reject this challenge. See Woods v. State, 740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA); rev. granted, 740 So.2d 529 (Fla.1999). As we did in Woods, however, we certify the following question as being 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?
Affirmed.
ALLEN, WOLF and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.