Case ID: so2d_528/html/1356-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nestor GONZALEZ, Appellee.
    No. 87-2979.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Aug. 9, 1988.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
    Ferrell, Williams and Mily Rodriguez and Milton M. Ferrell, Jr., for appellee.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

On the authority of State v. Lopez, 522 So.2d 997 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), which is indistinguishable, the order dismissing charges of bribery is reversed. The bribery statute, section 838.015(1), Florida Statutes (1985), prohibits any payment intended to influence performance of any act by a public servant, even if payment is for doing an act the public servant is legally bound to do.

Reversed and remanded.