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THOMAS v. SINGLETARY

Nos. 90128, 90188.

729 So.2d 369 (1998)

Ronald THOMAS, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., etc., et al., Respondents. James V. Downes, Petitioner, v. Harry K. Singletary, Jr., etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Augustus Harper and Steven Brian Whittington of Robert Augustus Harper Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Chet Kaufman, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioners.

Louis A. Vargas, General Counsel, Susan A. Maher, Deputy General Counsel, and MaryEllen McDonald and Lisa M. Bassett, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida, and William L. Camper, General Counsel, and Kim M. Fluharty, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Parole Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondents.

HARDING, C.J.

Inmates Ronald Thomas and James V. Downes separately petition this Court for writs of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction,1 consolidate their petitions, and deny relief.2

Both petitions involve ex post facto challenges to a prison overcrowding program called Control Release, which took effect on September 1, 1990. The Control Release legislation...

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