Title: Alvin Dereak Chambers v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC00-1153
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: June 28, 2001

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-1153
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ALVIN DEREAK CHAMBERS,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 28, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review Chambers v. State, 764 So.2d 658 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
Chambers challenges his sentence under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act
(the “Act”) on grounds previously addressed by this Court.  See Grant v. State,
770 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 2000) (determining that sentences properly imposed under the
Act and another recidivist statute violate neither the protection against double
jeopardy nor the Act itself); McKnight v. State, 769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000)
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(holding that a defendant has the right both to present evidence to prove that the
defendant does not qualify for sentencing under the Act and to challenge the
State’s evidence regarding the defendant’s eligibility for sentencing as a prison
releasee reoffender); State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000) (holding that the
Act does not permit a “victim veto” which would violate a defendant’s due process
rights by precluding application of the Act in some instances but not others, as well
as holding that the Act is not void for vagueness and does not constitute a form of
cruel or unusual punishment); Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000)
(recognizing that publication in the Laws of Florida or the Florida Statutes gives all
citizens constructive notice of the consequences of their actions).  Accordingly, we
approve the decision of the district court to the extent that it is consistent with
Grant, Cotton, McKnight, and Ellis.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, 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 Great Public Importance
First District - Case No. 1D98-4126 
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(Bay 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 M. Millsaps, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent