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State v. Sorrentino

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Apr 29, 1992
596 So. 2d 1290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 91-00352.

April 29, 1992.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Claire K. Luten, J.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dell H. Edwards, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

No brief filed by appellee.


The issue on appeal is the constitutionality of a section of the witness tampering statute, section 914.22(1)(b), Florida Statutes (1989). The trial court granted defendant's motion to dismiss the charge finding section 914.22(1)(b) unconstitutional.

We find that the reasons for the decision in State v. Cohen, 568 So.2d 49 (Fla. 1990), when it declared subsections (1)(a) and (3) unconstitutional, do not apply here. Subsection (1)(b) is clear in the type of inducement it proscribes and the object of the inducement. We reverse the order finding it unconstitutional.

Reversed.

CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and HALL and BLUE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Sorrentino

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Apr 29, 1992
596 So. 2d 1290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)
Case details for

State v. Sorrentino

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. PATRICK JOSEPH SORRENTINO, JR., APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Apr 29, 1992

Citations

596 So. 2d 1290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)