Case Name: Leroy JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-07-02
Citations: 875 So. 2d 1281
Docket Number: No. 5D03-3398
Parties: Leroy JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 875
Pages: 1281–1282

Head Matter:
Leroy JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D03-3398.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 2, 2004.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Meghan Ann Collins, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela D. McCravy, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, J.
Leroy Johnson entered pleas of nolo contendere to sexual battery on a child, attempted sexual battery on a child, and sexual battery on a child by a person in familial or custodial authority. He now challenges the trial court's order declaring him to be a sexual predator, contending that the Florida Sexual Predators Act, section 775.21, Florida Statutes (2003), is unconstitutional as violating procedural due process. We affirm, as we have previously rejected due process challenges to the Florida Sexual Predators Act. See Martin v. State, 864 So.2d 589 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004); Miller v. State, 861 So.2d 1283 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). As we have before, we certify conflict with Espindola v. State, 855 So.2d 1281 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003), which held that the Florida Sexual Predators Act is unconstitutional because it violates procedural due process.
AFFIRMED; CONFLICT CERTIFIED.
GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.