Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Bennie Frank WILLIAMS, Respondent; Bennie Frank WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-07-09
Citations: 509 So. 2d 926
Docket Number: Nos. 69317, 69307
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Bennie Frank WILLIAMS, Respondent. Bennie Frank WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 509
Pages: 926–926

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Bennie Frank WILLIAMS, Respondent. Bennie Frank WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Nos. 69317, 69307.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 9, 1987.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Kevin Kitpatrick Carson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner/respondent State of Florida.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for respondent/petitioner Bennie Frank Williams.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We review Williams v. State, 492 So.2d 1098 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986), to answer the certified question of whether retroactive application of the penalty provisions of section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1985), violates the ex post facto provisions of the United States and Florida Constitutions. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer in the affirmative and approve the decision below on the authority of State v. Yost, 507 So.2d 1099 (Fla.1987).
It is so ordered.
McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.