Case Name: C.S., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-06-24
Citations: 638 So. 2d 212
Docket Number: No. 91-03692
Parties: C.S., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, A.C.J., and PARKER and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 638
Pages: 212–212

Head Matter:
C.S., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-03692.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 24, 1994.
David C. Dwiggins, Lakeland, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ron Napolitano, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
C.S. appeals his adjudication as delinquent for escape, challenging the trial court's conclusion that the escape statute, section 39.-061, Florida Statutes (Supp.1990), was constitutional. We reverse.
The First District, the first appellate court to address the constitutionality of that version of the escape statute, held that the statute was unconstitutional. D.P. v. State, 597 So.2d 952 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). This court followed D.P. in State v. Brower, 608 So.2d 536 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). The Fourth District also concluded that the escape statute was unconstitutional. See State v. Davis, 619 So.2d 517 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). The only district court which has held the statute constitutional is the Fifth District in B.H. v. State, 622 So.2d 615 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), review granted, 632 So.2d 1025 (Fla.1994) and its progenies.
We, accordingly, reverse based upon D.P. and Brower and direct the trial court to discharge C.S. from his adjudication of delinquency based upon escape. We also certify conflict with the Fifth District.
RYDER, A.C.J., and PARKER and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.