Case Name: Antonio M. CLARK, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-06-22
Citations: 761 So. 2d 323
Docket Number: No. SC95864
Parties: Antonio M. CLARK, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 761
Pages: 323–324

Head Matter:
Antonio M. CLARK, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. SC95864.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 22, 2000.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Noel A. Pelella, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Belle B. Schumann, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in Clark v. State, 732 So.2d 501 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), in which the district court affirmed the lower court's imposition of sentence pursuant to the Prison Releasee Reoffen-der Act, (section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (1997)(the "Act"), relying on the decision in McKnight v. State, 727 So.2d 314 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)), which expressly and directly conflicts with State v. Cotton, 728 So.2d 251 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We recently held that the Prisoner Re-leasee Reoffender Act does not violate separation of powers, and rejected other constitutional challenges to the Act. See State v. Cotton, SC94996 & SC95281, - So.2d -, 2000 WL 766521 (Fla. June 15, 2000). Accordingly, we similarly approve the Fifth District's decision in this case.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion.