Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Deonath SOOKRAJ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-01-06
Citations: 182 So. 3d 886
Docket Number: No. 4D14-3018
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Deonath SOOKRAJ, Appellee.
Judges: CIKLIN, C.J., TAYLOR and CONNER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 182
Pages: 886–887

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Deonath SOOKRAJ, Appellee.
No. 4D14-3018.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 6, 2016.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela -E. Noble, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
No brief filed for appellee.

Opinion:
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
We grant the motion for rehearing, withdraw our prior order, and substitute this opinion in its place.
We reverse the county court's order finding the mandatory $5,000 civil penalty imposed for solicitation.of prostitution under Section 796.07(6), Florida Statutes (2014), to be unconstitutionally excessive. See State v. Jones, Case No. 4D14-3019, 2015 WL 7752702 (Fla. 4th DCA Dec. 2, 2015). Because Sookraj had pled not guilty to the charge of solicitation of prostitution when the county court issued the order, we remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Reversed and Remanded.
CIKLIN, C.J., TAYLOR and CONNER, JJ., concur.