Case Name: Helen B. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Charlie CRIST, as Commissioner of Education, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-12-11
Citations: 831 So. 2d 818
Docket Number: No. 3D01-3591
Parties: Helen B. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Charlie CRIST, as Commissioner of Education, Appellee.
Judges: Before LEVY, GREEN and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 831
Pages: 818–819

Head Matter:
Helen B. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Charlie CRIST, as Commissioner of Education, Appellee.
No. 3D01-3591.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 11, 2002.
Helen B. Williams, in proper person.
Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar (Tallahassee) and J. Wiley Horton and Julius F. Parker, III, for appellee.
Before LEVY, GREEN and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Helen Williams appeals a final order entered by the Education Practices Commission permanently revoking her license to teach in the State of Florida.
The Administrative Law Judge filed a Recommended Order with specific Findings of Fact. Neither party filed exceptions to the Recommended Order. After reviewing the complete record accompanying the Recommended Order, the Education Practices Commission adopted the Recommended Order as final, permanently revoking Ms. William's educator's certificate.
We find that there was competent substantial evidence in the record to support the finding that Ms. Williams was guilty of the allegations contained in the Administrative Complaint filed against her. "Competent substantial evidence is 'such evidence as will establish a substantial basis of fact from which the fact at issue can reasonably be inferred [or] . such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion.' " Duval Utility Co. v. Florida Public Serv. Comm'n, 380 So.2d 1028, 1031 (Fla.1980)(quoting De Groot v. Sheffield, 95 So.2d 912, 916 (Fla.1957)).
In the instant case, the documentary evidence as well as the testimony proffered supports the findings outlined in the Administrative Law Judge's Recommended Order and subsequently adopted by the Education Practices Commission.
Affirmed.