Case Name: Isaac HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-07-23
Citations: 740 So. 2d 581
Docket Number: No. 98-1068
Parties: Isaac HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GOSHORN, J. and ORFINGER M., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 740
Pages: 581–582

Head Matter:
Isaac HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-1068.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 23, 1999.
James R. Valerino, Sanford, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant contends that the trial court erred in sentencing him as a violent career criminal under Chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, in that the statute is unconstitutional as violative of the single subject rule of the Florida Constitution. Art. Ill § 6, Fla. Const. We agree with the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) that there is a reasonable and rational relationship between each of the sections of said act. Accordingly, appellants convictions and sentence are affirmed. We certify conflict with Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 815 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. granted, 717 So.2d 538 (Fla.1998). We find no merit in appellant's remaining points on appeal.
AFFIRMED.
GOSHORN, J. and ORFINGER M., Senior Judge, concur.
W. SHARP, J., dissents with opinion.
. The offenses occurred on July 8, 1996, prior to the reenactment of the contested section into the Florida Statutes. Cf. State v. Johnson, 616 So.2d 1, 2 (Fla.1993); Scott v. State, 121 So.2d 1245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).