ADVISORY OP. RE EARLY RELEASE

No. 85762.

661 So.2d 1204 (1995)

ADVISORY OPINION to the ATTORNEY GENERAL RE STOP EARLY RELEASE OF PRISONERS.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Presentor.

Stephen B. Russell, Fort Myers, on behalf of Stop Early Release Committee.

Maury Kolchakian, Tallahassee, for Florida Sheriff's Association.

Arthur I. Jacobs, Fernandina Beach, for Florida Prosecuting Attorney Association.

Bradford L. Thomas, Tallahassee, for interested parties.


WELLS, Justice.

The Attorney General of Florida has requested this Court to review a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, as it is his duty to do. Art. IV, § 10, Fla. Const. § 16.061, Fla. Stat. (1993). In response, we issued an order permitting interested parties to file briefs,1 and we heard oral arguments on the validity of the proposed amendment. We have original and exclusive jurisdiction. Art V, § 3(b)(10...

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