Lavender v. State, 5D00-1512.

• Decision Date: 24 August 2001
• Docket Number: No. 5D00-1512.,5D00-1512.
• Parties: Daryl L. LAVENDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

791 So.2d 1255

Daryl L. LAVENDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D00-1512.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 24, 2001.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert E. Bodnar, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm on the authority of Westerheide v. State, 767 So.2d 637 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000), rev. granted, 786 So.2d 1192 (Fla. 2001) and certify the same questions to be of great public importance:

1) DOES THE JIMMY RYCE ACT VIOLATE THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSES OF THE UNITED STATES AND FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONS?

2) DOES THE JIMMY RYCE ACT VIOLATE THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSES OF THE UNTIED STATES AND FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONS?

3) DOES THE JIMMY RYCE ACT VIOLATE THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSES OF THE UNITED STATES AND FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONS?

4) DOES THE JIMMY RYCE ACT VIOLATE THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSES OF THE UNTIED STATES AND FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONS?

AFFIRMED; QUESTIONS CERTIFIED.

THOMPSON, C.J., COBB and PETERSON, JJ., concur.