Case Name: Edward C. STEWART, Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-21
Citations: 790 So. 2d 440
Docket Number: Nos. 1D98-331, 1D98-333
Parties: Edward C. STEWART, Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Judges: ERVIN and BOOTH, CONCUR; BENTON, J, CONCURS IN RESULT WITH OPINION.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 790
Pages: 440–441

Head Matter:
Edward C. STEWART, Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Nos. 1D98-331, 1D98-333.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 21, 2000.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Carol Ann Turner, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appel-lee/Cross-Appellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Although the trial court's reasons for denying appellant's request for a jury instruction on resisting a merchant were erroneous, we affirm appellant's conviction for armed robbery. See Mylock v. State, 750 So.2d 144 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). The elements of such offense were not specifically alleged in the information. State v. Von Deck, 607 So.2d 1388 (Fla.1992).
On the state's cross-appeal, however, we reverse the trial court's order finding section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (1997), the Prison Releasee Reoffender Punishment Act, unconstitutional. Each of the grounds the trial court cited — separation of powers, cruel and unusual punishment, ex post facto and due process — has been rejected by the courts of this state. See Chambers v. State, 752 So.2d 64 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).
We nevertheless certify the question we certified in Woods v. State, 740 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA), review granted, 740 So.2d 529 (Fla.1999), as a 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?
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and REMANDED for resentenc-ing.
ERVIN and BOOTH, CONCUR; BENTON, J, CONCURS IN RESULT WITH OPINION.