Hersey v. State

We have for review the decisions in these cases, which concern the constitutionality of chapter 99-188, Laws of Florida, known as the “Three-Strike Violent Felony Offender Act” (the Act). In Hersey v. State, 831 So.2d 679, 680 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002), the Fifth District Court of Appeal concluded that the Act violated the single subject clause in article III, section 6 of the Florida Constitution, but ultimately upheld the sentence imposed pursuant *1054to chapter 99-188 on grounds that the Act’s infirmity was retroactively cured by legislation enacted in 2002. The other cases under review herein were…