Morris v. State

Apr 29, 1998
No. 96-03485
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Patterson
PATTERSON, Judge.

John Morris appeals from his sentence as a ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‍violent career criminal for offenses occurring on February 6, 1996. In Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 815 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998), ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‍this court held that chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, which created violent career criminal sentencing, is unconstitutional as ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‍a violation of the single subject rule. Thus, based on Thompson, we reverse Morris’s violent career criminal sentence and ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‍remand for resen-tencing in accordance with the . valid laws in effect at the time of Morris’s sentencing ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‍on July 30,1996.

Reversed and remanded.

FRANK, A.C.J., and WHATLEY,‘J., concur.