Cazeau v. State

We have for review Cazeau v. State, 740 So.2d 1250 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), in which the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed Jean Harrt Cazeau’s violent career criminal sentence based on its prior decision in Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). In so affirming, the Ca-zeau court certified conflict with the Second District Court of Appeal’s decision in Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. Based on our decision in State v. Thompson, 750 So.2d 643 (Fla. 1999), in which we held unconstitutional chapter 95-182,…