Price v. State

LEWIS, J. We have for review Price v. State, 764 So.2d 694 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer the certified question in the negative,1 see State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla.2000), and approve the decision of the district court. It is so ordered. WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur. QUINCE, J., dissents. Footnotes [1] The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance: DOES THE PRISON RELEASEE REOF-FENDER PUNISHMENT ACT, CODIFIED AS SECTION 775.082(8), FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), VIOLATE THE SEPARATION OF POWERS CLAUSE OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?