R.J.H. v. State

Full title: R.J.H., A CHILD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jun 23, 2000

779 So. 2d 391 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 2D97-2297

Opinion filed June 23, 2000.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Gregory P. Holder, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Michael J. Neimand, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Appellee.

James D. Palermo, City Attorney, and Jerry M. Gewirtz, Assistant City Attorney, Tampa, for the City of Tampa, Amicus Curiae.

DAVIS, Judge.

R.J.H. appeals the trial court's adjudication of delinquency for violating Tampa's juvenile curfew ordinance. See Tampa, Fla., Code § 14-26(c) (1996). We reject R.J.H.'s contention that the ordinance is unconstitutional and affirm under the authority of J.P. v. State, No. 2D97-1736 (Fla. 2d DCA June 23, 2000), and State v. T.M., 25 Fla. L. Weekly D1211 (Fla. 2d DCA May 17, 2000).

We again certify the following questions of great public importance:

WHAT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY MUST A COURT APPLY WHEN REVIEWING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF A JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE?

WHETHER THE TAMPA JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE IS CONSTITUTIONAL?

Affirmed.

CASANUEVA, J., Concurs.

NORTHCUTT, A.C.J., Dissents with opinion.

NORTHCUTT, J., Dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. See State v. T.M., 25 Fla. L. Weekly D1211 (Fla. 2d DCA May 17, 2000) (Northcutt, J., dissenting).