Opinion · Fllaw Florida

STATE v. WILLIAMS, 509 So.2d 926 (Fla. 1987)

509 So.2d 926

Type: Opinion
Court: Fllaw Florida
Jurisdiction: Fllaw
Date: 1987-07-09
Topic: general

STATE v. WILLIAMS, 509 So.2d 926 (Fla. 1987) STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. BENNIE FRANK WILLIAMS, RESPONDENT.BENNIE FRANK WILLIAMS, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT. Nos. 69317, 69307.Supreme Court of Florida.

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STATE v. WILLIAMS,509 So.2d 926(Fla. 1987)

STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. BENNIE FRANK WILLIAMS, RESPONDENT.

BENNIE FRANK WILLIAMS, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT.

Nos. 69317, 69307.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 9, 1987.

Two Consolidated Applications for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance; Fifth District — Case No. 85-1858.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Kevin Kitpatrick Carson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner/respondent State of Florida.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for respondent/petitioner Bennie Frank Williams.

PER CURIAM.

We reviewWilliams v. State,492 So.2d 1098(Fla. 5th DCA 1986), to answer the certified question of whether retroactive application of the penalty provisions of section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1985), violates the ex post facto provisions of the United States and Florida Constitutions. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer in the affirmative and approve the decision below on the authority ofState v. Yost,507 So.2d 1099(Fla. 1987).

It is so ordered.

McDONALD, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.