Title: Joey Bloodworth v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC00-1048
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: July 5, 2001

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-1048
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JOEY BLOODWORTH,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[July 5, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review Bloodworth v. State, 754 So. 2d 894 (Fla. 1st DCA
2000).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
Bloodworth challenges his sentences under the Prison Releasee Reoffender
Act (“the Act”) and the habitual violent felony offender statute.  The imposition of 
sentences under both the Act and the habitual violent felony offender statute does
not violate principles of double jeopardy, but the imposition of equal concurrent
sentences here violates the Act itself.  See Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655, 657-59
-2-
(Fla. 2000).  Therefore, we quash, in part, the decision of the district court as to
Bloodworth’s sentences for counts one and three, and remand for reconsideration
upon application of our decisions in Grant; State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla.
2000); McKnight v. State, 769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So.
2d 912 (Fla. 2000).  We approve the decision of the district court as to count two.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and QUINCE,
JJ., concur.
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 Great Public Importance
First District - Case No. 1D99-1472 
(Nassau County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glenna Joyce Reeves, Assistant Public
Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Charmaine Millsaps, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent