THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 96-02517.

708 So.2d 315 (1998)

Carol Leigh THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PATTERSON, Acting Chief Judge.

Carol Leigh Thompson challenges her sentences as a violent career criminal, contending that chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, is in violation of the single subject requirement of article III, section 6, of the Florida Constitution and is unconstitutional. We agree and reverse Thompson's sentences.

Thompson was charged with robbery with a firearm, a first-degree felony punishable by life, aggravated battery of a victim over the...

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