Case Name: Roger BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-08-04
Citations: 546 So. 2d 1192
Docket Number: No. 88-02633
Parties: Roger BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHEB and SCHOONOVER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 546
Pages: 1192–1193

Head Matter:
Roger BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-02633.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 4, 1989.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Andrea Steffen, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David R. Gemmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Roger Bennett challenges an order of the trial court upholding the constitutionality of section 893.13(1)(e), Florida Statutes (1987).
Appellant was convicted and sentenced for purchasing cocaine in violation of section 893.13(l)(e). Among his points on appeal, he contends the enacting legislation, chapter 87-243, Laws of Florida, violates the one subject requirement of article III, section 6 of the Florida Constitution. We recently rejected this argument in Blankenship v. State, 545 So.2d 908 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989) (Hall, J., Dissenting), and held that chapter 87-243 did not violate the one subject rule. See also State v. Burch, 545 So.2d 279 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). We therefore affirm the order of the trial court upholding the constitutionality of section 893.13(1)(e).
We have examined and we reject appellant's remaining points on appeal.
As in Blankenship, we find the issue of whether chapter 87-243 violates article III, section 6 of the Florida Constitution to be of great public importance and certify the following question to the supreme court:
DOES SECTION 893.13(l)(e), FLORIDA STATUTES (1987), VIOLATE THE ONE SUBJECT RULE OF ARTICLE III, SECTION 6 OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?
Affirmed.
SCHEB and SCHOONOVER, JJ., concur.
CAMPBELL, C.J., specially concurs.