SC04-706 - State Of Florida v. Richard Jones

State: Florida

Docket No: SC04-706

Case Date: 04/21/2005

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____________ No. SC04-706 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. RICHARD JONES, Appellee. ____________ No. SC04-707 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. MICHAEL ANGLIN, Appellee.

____________ No. SC04-809 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. JOSEPH CARLSON, Appellee. ____________ No. SC04-810 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. CALVIN WILLIAMS, Appellee. ____________ No. SC04-1567 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. SAMUEL SANTIAGO, Appellee. [April 21, 2005] -2-

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,

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