Case Name: Donald Anthony GIRONDA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1972-05-17
Citations: 263 So. 2d 193
Docket Number: No. 42103
Parties: Donald Anthony GIRONDA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERTS, C. J., and ERVIN, CARLTON and ADKINS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 263
Pages: 193–193

Head Matter:
Donald Anthony GIRONDA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 42103.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 17, 1972.
Jack R. Nageley, and Harvey S. Swickle, Miami Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and William W. Herring, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
DEKLE, Justice.
This appeal transferred to us from the Fourth District Court of Appeal seeks review of a trial court's order which in-heréntly held Fla.Stat. § 797.01, F.S.A., concerning abortions, constitutional. We have jurisdiction under Fla.Const. art. V, § 4(2), F.S.A.; Evans v. Carroll, 104 So.2d 375 (Fla.1958); and Harrell's Candy Kitchen, Inc. v. Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority, 111 So.2d 439 (Fla.1959).
Appellant has been adjudged guilty of attempted abortion and sentenced to one year in the county jail. His appeal contesting the validity of Fla.Stat. § 797.01, F.S.A. was pending when this Court rendered its opinion in State v. Barquet, 262 So.2d 431, filed February 14, 1972. Barquet unequivocally declared Fla.Stat. § 797.01, F.S.A. unconstitutional. In the opinion Mr. Justice Adkins foresaw and discussed other similar pending cases, saying (p. 438):
"The holding in this decision is available to those defendants who have . sought timely review by appeal from an adjudication of guilt, as of the filing date of this opinion."
Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded with instructions to enter an appropriate order releasing and discharging appellant.
It is so ordered.
ROBERTS, C. J., and ERVIN, CARLTON and ADKINS, JJ., concur.