Case Name: Michael Earl DOBBINS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-02-10
Citations: 631 So. 2d 303
Docket Number: No. 80580
Parties: Michael Earl DOBBINS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: OVERTON, MCDONALD, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 631
Pages: 303–304

Head Matter:
Michael Earl DOBBINS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 80580.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Feb. 10, 1994.
Jeffrey L. Dees of Dunn, Abraham, Swain & Dees, Daytona Beach, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Belle B. Turner, Daytona Beach, and Michael J. Neimand, Miami, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.
Kenneth W. Shapiro of Berger & Shapiro, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, amicus curiae for Anti-Defamation League of B’NAI B’RITH.

Opinion:
SHAW, Justice.
We have for review Dobbins v. State, 605 So.2d 922 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992), wherein the district court expressly ruled section 775.085, Florida Statutes (1989), commonly known as Florida's Hate Crimes Statute, constitutional. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla.Const. We have recently held the statute constitutional in State v. Stalder, 630 So.2d 1072 (Fla.1994). We approve the decision in Dobbins on this issue.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, MCDONALD, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
HARDING, J., dissents with an opinion, in which BARKETT, C.J., concurs.