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KNIGHT v. STATE

No. SC00-1987.

808 So.2d 210 (2002)

Michael KNIGHT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and G. Kay Witt, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Anne C. Toolan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

ANSTEAD, J.

We have for review the decision in Knight v. State, 791 So.2d 490 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), in which the First District certified the following question as one of great public importance:

DOES SECTION [775.082(8)(a)2.a.], FLORIDA STATUTES (1997), WHICH MANDATES A LIFE SENTENCE FOR PRISON RELEASEE REOFFENDERS WHO COMMIT "A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY LIFE," APPLY BOTH TO LIFE FELONIES AND FIRST DEGREE FELONIES PUNISHABLE...

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