MARIO VENERO, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1999-09-22
No. 98-2037
Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and SORONDO, JJ.
741 So. 2d 1189 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1999) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the judgment entered below in all respects. See § 790.235, Fla. Stat. (1997); State v. Maxwell, 682 So. 2d 83 (Fla.1996); Arnold v. State, 645 So. 2d 418 (Fla.1994); Johnson v.. State, 726 So. 2d 359 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999); Higgs v. State, 695 So. 2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997); Love v. State, 569 So. 2d 807 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); State v. Coron, 411 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). We recognize that our position on the defendant’s constitutional challenge to his sentence undér Chapter 95-182 is in conflict with the position taken by the Second District in Thompson v. State, 708 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. granted, 717 So. 2d 538 (Fla.1998). Accordingly, we certify conflict with Thompson.

Affirmed.

GERSTEN and SORONDO, JJ., concur.

Concurrence
GREEN, J.

GREEN, J.

(specially concurring in part).

I agree with the affirmance of the appellant’s conviction in this cause but, I write separately to address the appellant’s sentence entered pursuant to the “Officer Evelyn Gort and all Fallen Officers Career Criminal Act of 1995,” Chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida. As I have previously written in my special concurring opinions in Williams v. State, 731 So. 2d 99 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Valdes v. State, 728 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); John v. State, 724 So. 2d 708 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); English v. State, 721 So. 2d 1250 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); and Elliard v. State, 714 So. 2d 1218 (Fla. 3d DCA), review granted, 728 So. 2d 201 (Fla.1998), I believe that this act, as written, is unconstitutional because it violates the single subject requirement of article III, section 5 of the Florida Constitution for the reasons set forth in the Second District’s opinion in Thompson v. State, 708 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA), review granted, 717 So. 2d 538 (Fla.1998). Therefore, I believe that this court should recede from its opinion in Higgs v. State, 695 So. 2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), and its progeny1, reverse the appellant’s sentence and remand for resentencing.

. See Lee v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D1696, 739 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Williams, 731 So. 2d at 99; Valdes, 728 So. 2d at 1225; McGowan v. State, 725 So. 2d 470 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Russell v. State, 725 So. 2d 1274 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Waldo v. State, 728 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Robbins v. State, 730 So. 2d 313 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Gonzalez v. State, 724 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Marshall v. State, 723 So. 2d 923 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); English, 721 So. 2d at 1250; Spann v. State, 719 So. 2d 1031 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); Tillman v. State, 718 So. 2d 944 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998), review granted, 727 So. 2d 914 (Fla.1999); Cyrus v. State, 717 So. 2d 619 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); Almanza v. State, 716 So. 2d 351 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); Elliard, 714 So. 2d at 1218; Holloway v. State, 712 So. 2d 439 (Fla. 3d DCA), review granted, 727 So. 2d 906 (Fla.1998); Dupree v. State, 711 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); Linder v. State, 711 So. 2d 1340 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

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