Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Patrick Joseph SORRENTINO, Jr., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-04-29
Citations: 596 So. 2d 1290
Docket Number: No. 91-00352
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Patrick Joseph SORRENTINO, Jr., Appellee.
Judges: CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and HALL and BLUE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 596
Pages: 1290–1290

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Patrick Joseph SORRENTINO, Jr., Appellee.
No. 91-00352.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 29, 1992.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dell H. Edwards, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.
No brief filed by appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The issue on appeal is the constitutionality of a section of the witness tampering statute, section 914.22(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1989). The trial court granted defendant's motion to dismiss the charge finding section 914.22(l)(b) unconstitutional.
We find that the reasons for the decision in State v. Cohen, 568 So.2d 49 (Fla.1990), when it declared subsections (l)(a) and (3) unconstitutional, do not apply here. Subsection (l)(b) is clear in the type of inducement it proscribes and the object of the inducement. We reverse the order finding it unconstitutional.
Reversed.
CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and HALL and BLUE, JJ., concur.