Kevin Rollinson v. State of Florida
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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC96713 ____________ KEVIN ROLLINSON, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [January 25, 2001] LEWIS, J. We have for review Rollinson v. State, 743 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), in which the district court upheld the constitutionality of the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act1 (the Act ). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Rollinson challenges his five-year sentence under the Act on grounds we have previously addressed. 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 1 See § 775.082(8), Fla. Stat. (1997). neither the single subject rule for legislation nor principles of equal protection ); State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000) (holding that the Act violates neither separation of powers, nor principles of due process by allowing a victim veto that precludes application of the Act, as well as holding that the Act is not void for vagueness and does not constitute a form of cruel or unusual punishment).2 Accordingly, the decision in Rollinson is approved to the extent that it is consistent with Grant and Cotton. It is so ordered. WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ, concur. QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND IF FILED, DETERMINED. QUINCE, J., dissenting. I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent in State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345, 358-59 (Fla. 2000). Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal Statutory Validity Fourth District - Case No. 4D98-0631 2 We also note that in its decision in Rollinson, the Fourth District cited to its decision in State v. Wise, 744 So. 2d 1035 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), quashed, 762 So. 2d 523 (Fla. 2000). In our opinion in Cotton, we disapproved of the decision in Wise to the extent that it was inconsistent with Cotton. -2- (Palm Beach County) Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia A. Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Leslie T. Campbell and Steven R. Parrish, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent -3-
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