Title: Paul Phillip Fox v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC96-573
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: May 18, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96573
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PAUL PHILLIP FOX,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[May 18, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Fox v. State, 743 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), in
which the First District Court of Appeal 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), in which we held
unconstitutional chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, as violative of the single subject
rule, we quash the decision below and remand this cause for resentencing in
1 Based on our decision in Salters v. State, No. SC95663 (Fla. May 11, 2000), we determine
that Fox has standing to challenge chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, on single subject rule grounds.
Further, even though Fox failed to raise a single subject rule challenge in the trial court, we find that
such challenge may be properly addressed in this case for the first time on appeal.  Cf. Heggs v. State,
25 Fla. L. Weekly S137, S138, S140 n. 4 (Fla. Feb. 17, 2000); Nelson v. State, 748 So. 2d 237, 241-
42 (Fla. 1999), cert. denied, 120 S. Ct. 950 (2000); State v. Johnson, 616 So. 2d 1, 3-4 (Fla. 1993).
Finally, we decline to address the additional issue raised by Fox--which is clearly outside the scope
of the certified conflict issue--concerning the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on the justifiable
use of non-deadly force.
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accordance with the valid laws in effect on May 15, 1997, the date on which Fox
committed the underlying offenses 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
First District - Case No. 1D98-4111
(Bradford County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Robert Friedman, Assistant Public Defender,
Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
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Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief,
Criminal Appeals, and Sherri Tolar Rollison, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee,
Florida,
for Respondent