Waldo v. State

We have for review Waldo v. State, 728 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), in which the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed Larry Waldos violent career criminal sentences based on its prior decision in Higgs v. State, 695 So. 2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). In so affirming, the Waldo court certified conflict with the Second District Court of Appeals decision in Thompson v. State, 708 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. Based on our decision in State v. Thompson, 750 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1999), in which we held unconstitutional chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida, as violative of the single subject rule, we quash the decision below and remand this cause for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect on January 25, 1997, the date on which Waldo committed the underlying offenses in this case.See Thompson, 750 So. 2d at 649 (remanding for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect at the time the defendant committed her offenses).