State v. Morganti

• Decision Date: 09 July 1987
• Docket Number: No. 69798,69798
• Citation: 12 Fla. L. Weekly 367,509 So.2d 929
• Parties: 12 Fla. L. Weekly 367 STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Patrick J. MORGANTI, Respondent.
• Court: Florida Supreme Court

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509 So.2d 929

12 Fla. L. Weekly 367

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Patrick J. MORGANTI, Respondent.

No. 69798.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 9, 1987.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal--Certified Great Public Importance.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Lee Rosenthal, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Gary Caldwell, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We review Morganti v. State, 498 So.2d 557 (Fla. 4th 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 of State 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.