JAMES SIMMONS, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1999-08-04
No. 98-2792
STONE, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
755 So. 2d 682 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1999) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See State v. Woods, 740 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). We certify the same question certified in Woods as one of great public importance:

Does the Prison Releasee Reoffender Punishment Act, codified as section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (1997), violate the separation of powers clause of the Florida Constitution?

STONE, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.


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