Title: Carl Cyrus v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC95-050
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: May 18, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC95050
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CARL CYRUS,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[May 18, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Cyrus v. State, 717 So. 2d 619 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998), in
which the Third District Court of Appeal held chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, to
be constitutional.  In so holding, the Cyrus 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 the decision
below and remand for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect on
1 Based on our decision in Salters v. State, No. SC95663 (Fla. May 11, 2000), we
determine that Cyrus has standing to challenge chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, on single subject
rule grounds.  Further, even though Cyrus 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).
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December 9, 1996, the date on which Cyrus committed the underlying offense for
which he was sentenced as a violent career criminal. 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. 3D97-3460
(Dade County)
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Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public
Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Michael J. Neimand, Bureau Chief, and
Christine E. Zahralban, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, Florida, 
for Respondent