Title: Michael Dupree v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC93-526
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: May 18, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC93526
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MICHAEL DUPREE,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[May 18, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Dupree v. State, 711 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998), in
which the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed Michael Dupree’s violent career
criminal sentence based on its prior decision in Higgs v. State, 695 So. 2d 872 (Fla.
3d DCA 1997).  In so affirming, the Dupree court certified conflict with the Second
District Court of Appeal’s decision in Thompson v. State, 708 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 2d
DCA 1998).  We have jurisdiction.  See Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  Based on our
decision in State v. Thompson, 750 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1999), we quash the decision
1 Based on our decision in Salters v. State, No. SC95663 (Fla. May 11, 2000), we
determine that Dupree has standing to challenge chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, on single
subject rule grounds.
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below and remand for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect on
October 10, 1996, the date on which Dupree committed the underlying offense for
which he was sentenced as a violent career criminal. 1  See Thompson, 750 So. 2d at
649 (remanding for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect at the
time the defendant committed her offenses).
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ.,
concur.
WELLS, J., dissents.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND IF
FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Direct Conflict of Decisions
Third District - Case No. 3D97-3183
(Dade County)
Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Special Assistant Public Defender, Coral Gables, Florida,
for Petitioner
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Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Wendy Benner-Leon, Assistant Attorney
General, Miami, Florida,
for Respondent