STATE v. JONES

Nos. SC04-706, SC04-707, SC04-809, SC04-810, SC04-1567.

908 So.2d 1054 (2005)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Richard JONES, Appellee. State of Florida, Appellant, v. Michael Anglin, Appellee. State of Florida, Appellant, v. Joseph Carlson, Appellee. State of Florida, Appellant, v. Calvin Williams, Appellee. State of Florida, Appellant, v. Samuel Santiago, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellees in Nos. SC04-706 and SC04-707.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and C. Michael Barnette, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee in No. SC04-809.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Kevin Richard Holtz, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee in No. SC04-810.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and James R. Wulchak, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee in No. SC04-1567.


PARIENTE, C.J.

We have for review the decisions in these cases, in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal declared chapter 99-188, Laws of Florida, known as the "Three-Strike Violent Felony Offender Act," unconstitutional under the single subject requirement of article III, section 6 of the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction, see art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const., and consolidate these cases for purposes of this opinion. In each of these cases,...

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