Case Name: Keith BLAND, Appellant, v. STATE OF Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-04-16
Citations: 729 So. 2d 539
Docket Number: No. 98-965
Parties: Keith BLAND, Appellant, v. STATE OF Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALLEN, WEBSTER and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 729
Pages: 539–540

Head Matter:
Keith BLAND, Appellant, v. STATE OF Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-965.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 16, 1999.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Sherrie Barnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A Butterworth, Attorney General, and Daniel A David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant's conviction is affirmed. See Woods v. State, 98-1955, — So.2d -, 1999 WL 162971 (Fla. 1st DCA March 26, 1999). As in Woods, we certify the following question to the supreme court 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?
Affirmed.
ALLEN, WEBSTER and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., CONCUR.