Title: Lashawn Martez Crawford v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC96-711
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: May 18, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96711
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LASHAWN MARTEZ CRAWFORD,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[May 18, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Crawford v. State, 743 So. 2d 1136 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999),
in which the First District Court of Appeal expressly declared constitutional chapter
95-182, Laws of Florida, determining that such chapter law does not violate the
single subject rule contained in article III, section 6 of the Florida Constitution.  In
so ruling, the First District 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)(3), (4), Fla. Const.  Based on our decision in
1 Based on our decision in Salters v. State, No. SC95663 (Fla. May 11, 2000), we determine
that Crawford has standing to challenge chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, on single subject rule
grounds.  Further, even though Crawford 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); cf. 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).
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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 accordance with the valid
laws in effect on January 5 and 6, 1997, the date on which Crawford 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. 1D97-2297
(Duval County)
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Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public
Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief,
Criminal Appeals, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent