LASHAWN MARTEZ CRAWFORD, PETITIONER,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Fla. | 2000-05-18
No. SC96711
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., concur., WELLS, J., dissents.
759 So. 2d 679 Florida Supreme Court (2000)

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Synopsis

The court quashed the First District Court of Appeal's decision, holding that chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, violates the single subject rule, and remanded for resentencing.


Holding

The court held that chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, violates the single subject rule, quashing the decision below and remanding for resentencing.


Facts & Procedural History

The First District Court of Appeal declared chapter 95-182 constitutional, certifying conflict with another district court. The petitioner committed o…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We have for review Crawford v. State, 743 So. 2d 1136 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), in which the First District Court of Appeal expressly declared constitutional chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, determining that such chapter law does not violate the single subject rule contained in article III, section 6 of the Florida Constitution. In so ruling, the First District 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)(3), (4), Fla. Const. Based on our decision in State v. Thompson, 750 So. 2d 643 (Fla.1999), in which we held unconstitutional chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, as violative of the single subject rule, we quash the decision below and remand this cause for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect on January 5 and 6, 1997, the date on which Crawford committed the underlying offenses in this case.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.

. Based on our decision in Salters v. State, 758 So. 2d 667 (Fla.2000), we determine that Crawford has standing to challenge chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, on single subject rule grounds. Further, even though Crawford 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, 759 So. 2d 620, 623, 624 n. 4 (Fla.2000); cf. Nelson v. State, 748 So. 2d 237, 241-42 (Fla.1999), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 120 S.Ct. 950, 145 L.Ed.2d 825 (2000); State v. Johnson, 616 So. 2d 1, 3-4 (Fla.1993).


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