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Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 31, 1999
729 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-0924

Opinion filed March 31, 1999 JANUARY TERM 1999

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; William P. Dimitrouleas, Judge; L.T. No. 97-15296CF10A.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Mallorye Cunningham, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rochelle L. Kirdy, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Anthony Williams argues that his sentence as a violent career criminal under Chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, is erroneous because the law violates the single subject requirement of Article III, Section 6 of the Florida Constitution, as held in Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 315, 317 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. granted, 717 So.2d 538 (Fla. 1998). Mr. Williams does not have standing to make a constitutional challenge to his sentence on that ground because his offense occurred subsequent to the re-enactment of the chapter law into the Florida Statutes. See Scott v. State, 721 So.2d 1245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

AFFIRMED.

WARNER, TAYLOR, JJ., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., JR., Senior Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 31, 1999
729 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:ANTHONY WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 31, 1999

Citations

729 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

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