Case Name: Arrices MERRIWEATHER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-11-25
Citations: 609 So. 2d 1299
Docket Number: No. 79572
Parties: Arrices MERRIWEATHER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: McDonald, SHAW, GRIMES and HARDING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 609
Pages: 1299–1300

Head Matter:
Arrices MERRIWEATHER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 79572.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Nov. 25, 1992.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles T. Faircloth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
OVERTON, Justice.
We have for review Merriweather v. State, 593 So.2d 1218 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), in which the district court affirmed Merri-weather's sentencing as a habitual violent felony offender and certified the following question as being of great public importance:
WHETHER THE HABITUAL VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION 775.084(l)(b), FLORIDA STATUTES (1989), VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CONCERNING DUE PROCESS, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, OR EX POST FACTO LAWS.
Id. at 1218-19.
We answer the question in the negative and approve the decision of the district court, in accordance with our decisions in Tillman v. State, 609 So.2d 1295 (Fla.1992); Ross v. State, 601 So.2d 1190 (Fla.1992); Reynolds v. Cochran, 138 So.2d 500 (Fla.1962); Washington v. Mayo, 91 So.2d 621 (Fla.1956); and Cross v. State, 96 Fla. 768, 119 So. 380 (1928).
It is. so ordered.
McDonald, SHAW, GRIMES and HARDING, JJ., concur.
KOGAN, J., dissents with an opinion, in which BARKETT, C.J., concurs.
. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.