State v. Sims

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. FORRESTINE SIMS, Respondent

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jun 2, 1999

736 So. 2d 1219 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 97-2193.

Opinion filed June 2, 1999.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Original Jurisdiction.

Harry L. Shorstein, State Attorney, and Thereasa L. Phillips, Assistant State Attorney, Jacksonville; Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Stephen R. White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Thomas G. Fallis, Jacksonville, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted, and the circuit court's order finding section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes, to be unconstitutional, is quashed. See State v. Ellis, 723 So.2d 187 (Fla. 1998); State v. Sims, 720 So.2d 213 (Fla. 1998).

ERVIN, WOLF and WEBSTER, JJ., CONCUR.