Case Name: James TARPLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-10-13
Citations: 742 So. 2d 503
Docket Number: No. 98-2140
Parties: James TARPLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 742
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
James TARPLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-2140.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 13, 1999.
Bennett H. Brummer,-Public Defender and Robert Godfrey, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and M. Rebecca Springer, Assistant Attorney General (Fort Lauderdale), for ap-pellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We hold that there was no trial error below and, once again, that the Gort Act is constitutional. Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). The latter holding is in conflict with Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 315 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1998), review granted, 717 So.2d 538 (Fla.1998).
Affirmed.