Chaison v. State

This cause is before us on appeal from judgments and sentences. Appellant raises five issues, but we need only discuss his contention that his habitual violent felony offender sentences are illegal. This court has previously held that chapter 89-280, Laws of Florida, which amended inter alia section 775.084(l)(b), Florida Statutes, the habitual violent felony offender provision under which appellant was sentenced, violates the single-subject rule of the Florida Constitution.1 Johnson v. State, 589 So.2d 1370, 1371 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). Appellant’s failure to raise this issue in the trial court…