HERSEY v. STATE

Nos. SC02-2630, SC03-401, SC03-404, SC03-537, SC03-770, SC03-1767, SC03-1828, SC03-2383, SC04-57.

908 So.2d 1052 (2005)

Scott HERSEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. Howard H. Lewis, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. Tony Deramous Oliver, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. Kyle Shiver, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. Robert Clayton, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. Henry L. Fillyaw, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. Ana M. Pena, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. Patrick G. Taylor, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. Albert H. Lawhon, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioners in Nos. SC02-2630, SC03-401 and SC03-770.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Meghan Ann Collins, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner in No. SC03-404.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner in No. SC03-1767.

Kyle Shiver, Apopka, FL, Petitioner, pro se in No. SC03-537.

Michael Dominick Dicembre, Orlando, FL, for Petitioner in No. SC03-1828.

Patrick G. Taylor, Daytona Beach, FL, Petitioner, pro se in No. SC03-2383.

Albert H. Lawhon, Sanderson, FL, Petitioner, pro se in No. SC04-57.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent in No. SC02-2630.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Mary G. Jolley and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent in No. SC03-401.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Angela D. McCravy, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent in No. SC03-404.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Robin Angie Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent in Nos. SC03-537 and SC03-1828.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Wesley Heidt, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent in No. SC03-770.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Judy Taylor Rush, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent in No. SC03-1767.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent in No. SC03-2383.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Pamela J. Koller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent in No. SC042-57.


PARIENTE, C.J.

We have for review the decisions in these cases, which concern the constitutionality of chapter 99-188, Laws of Florida, known as the "Three-Strike Violent Felony Offender Act" (the Act). In Hersey v. State, 831 So.2d 679, 680 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002), the Fifth District Court of Appeal concluded that the Act violated the single subject clause in article III, section 6 of the Florida Constitution, but ultimately...

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