Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 22, 1995No. 95-2093PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Defendant appeals an order of the trial court denying his motion to correct illegal sentence. We affirm. On January 14, 1993, The Florida Supreme Court held that “chapter 89-280 violates article III, section 6, of the Florida Constitution.” State v. Johnson, 616 So.2d 1, 4 (Fla.1993). The court farther concluded that “chapter 91^4’s biennial reenactment of chapter 89-280, effective May 2, 1991, cured the single subject violation as it applied to all defendants sentenced under section 775.084 whose offenses were committed after that date.” Id. The court defined the window period of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  2. Freeman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Baxter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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