# Brown v. State

> Supreme Court of Florida · April 18, 2002 · 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 357

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7751018

## Case

- **Full name:** Michael BROWN v. STATE of Florida
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** April 18, 2002
- **Citations:** 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 357; 816 So. 2d 1112; 2002 Fla. LEXIS 785; 2002 WL 571681
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in Brown v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D2753 , — So.2d -, 1999 WL 1112715 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec.8, 1999), in which the First District held that section 775.082(8)(a)2.a., Florida Statutes (1997), which provides for a life sentence for prison releasee reoffen-ders who commit “a felony punishable by life,” applies both to life felonies and first degree felonies punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life. The district court also upheld the constitutionality of section 775.082(8), and certified that issue for our review. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
We upheld the statute’s constitutionality in State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345, 349-50 (Fla.2000). We have also recently approved of the district court’s holding in Brown in Knight v. State, 808 So.2d 210 (Fla.2002), a case presenting the same issue.
Accordingly, we approve the decision of the district court on the authority of Cotton and Knight .
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur.

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