JONES v. STATE

No. 2D99-712.

751 So.2d 139 (2000)

Demetrius JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joanna B. Conner, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia E. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


FULMER, Judge.

Demetrius Jones appeals his sentence for felony battery arguing section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (1997), the Prisoner Releasee Reoffender Act, is unconstitutional and the sentences imposed for that offense under both the Habitual Offender Statute and section 775.082(8) violate the prohibition against double jeopardy. In Grant v. State, 745 So.2d 519 (Fla. 2d DCA...

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