Title: State of Florida v. Nash N. Cronin

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC01-202
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
NASH N. CRONIN, et al., 
Respondents.
[November 15, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review the decision of the First District Court of Appeal, State
v. Cronin, 774 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), which declared section 817.234 (8)
of the Florida Statutes invalid.  The court also certified its decision to be in conflict
with decisions of other district courts.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3),
Fla. Const.
This Court addressed the issue presented here in State v. Bradford, 787 So.
2d 811 (Fla. 2001), holding that the statute at issue “unconstitutionally infringes
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upon the protections afforded commercial speech by the First Amendment to the
United States Constitution.”  Id. at 814.  As the district court’s holding is
consistent with Bradford, the decision is approved.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and QUINCE,
JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Direct Conflict of Decisions
First District - Case No. 1D99-3226
(Duval County)
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau
Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Henry M. Coxe, III and Aaron Metcalf of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe,
Jacksonville, Florida; D. Gray Thomas of Sheppard, White & Thomas, P.A.,
Jacksonville, Florida; Robert Stuart Willis of Willis & Ferebee, P.A., Jacksonville,
Florida; and Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Edgar Lee Elzie, Jr., Assistant
Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondents