Title: Lloyd M. Jones v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC99-37
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: May 25, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC99-37
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LLOYD M. JONES,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[May 25, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Jones v. State, 747 So. 2d 982 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), in
which the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed Lloyd M. Jones’ 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 Jones 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 that portion of
1 We note that Jones has standing to raise a single subject rule challenge to chapter 95-182,
Laws of Florida, in light of our decision in Salters v. State, No. SC95663 (Fla. May 11, 2000).
Further, we decline to address Jones’ ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim here, as the Third
District fully addressed that claim in the decision below and the claim clearly is outside the scope of
the certified conflict before us.  See, e.g., Ross v. State, 601 So. 2d 1190, 1193 (Fla. 1992).
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the decision below that affirmed petitioner’s violent career criminal sentence and
remand for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect on April 15,
1996, the date on which Jones committed the underlying offense in this case.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. 3D98-2921
(Dade County)
Lloyd M. Jones, pro se, Miami, Florida,
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for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Mark Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney
General, Miami, Florida,
for Respondent