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State v. Cheatham

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 11, 1979
376 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 1979)

Opinion

Nos. 55803, 56507.

November 8, 1979. Rehearing Denied December 11, 1979.

Appeal from Circuit Court, St. Lucie County; Wallace Sample, Judge — Case No. 78-525 CF and 78-526 CF.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Broward County; Joseph E. Price, Jr., Judge — Case No. 78-2359 CF.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Benedict P. Kuehne, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, and Michael J. Satz, State's Atty., and Patti Englander, Asst. State's Atty., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Milton E. Grusmark and Robert Kalter, of the Law Offices of Milton E. Grusmark, P.A., Miami, for Kenneth Jerald Cheatham.

Lee E. Muschott, of Brennan Muschott, Fort Pierce, for James Kansinger Jones.

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Channing E. Brackey, Asst. Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for Robert Daley.


This cause involves consolidated appeals from trial court orders declaring section 893.03(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1978 Supp.), unconstitutional as applied to the classification of cannabis as a prohibited drug.

For the reasons expressed in our recent decision in Town v. State ex rel. Reno, 377 So.2d 648 (Fla. 1979), we disagree and reverse.

It is so ordered.

ENGLAND, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, SUNDBERG and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Cheatham

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 11, 1979
376 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 1979)
Case details for

State v. Cheatham

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. KENNETH JERALD CHEATHAM AND JAMES…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Dec 11, 1979

Citations

376 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 1979)

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