Billy Lamont Culpepper v. State of Florida
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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC00-1252 ____________ BILLY LAMONT CULPEPPER Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [June 28, 2001] LEWIS, J. We have for review the opinion in Culpepper v. State, 757 So. 2d 1260 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, ยง 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. Culpepper challenges his sentencing under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act (the Act ) on grounds previously addressed by this Court. See Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 2000) (rejecting an ex post facto challenge to the Act and holding that the Act violates neither the single subject rule for legislation nor principles of equal protection ); McKnight v. State, 769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000) (holding that a defendant has the right both to present evidence to prove that the defendant does not qualify for sentencing under the Act and to challenge the State s evidence regarding the defendant s eligibility for sentencing as a prison releasee reoffender); State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000) (holding that the Act does not permit a victim veto which would violate a defendant s due process rights by precluding application of the Act in some instances but not others, as well as holding that the Act is not void for vagueness and does not constitute a form of cruel or unusual punishment); Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000) (recognizing that publication in the Laws of Florida or the Florida Statutes gives all citizens constructive notice of the consequences of their actions). Accordingly, we approve the decision of the district court to the extent that it is consistent with Grant, McKnight, Cotton, and Ellis. It is so ordered. WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur. QUINCE, J., dissents. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND IF FILED, DETERMINED. Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal Certified Direct Conflict Third District - Case No. 3D99-2387 -2- (Dade County) Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, for Petitioner Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Michael J. Neimand, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Frank J. Ingrassia, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Respondent -3-
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