Title: State v. Llopis
Citation: 257 So. 2d 17
Docket Number: 41495
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: December 17, 1971

257 So. 2d 17 (1971)
STATE of Florida, Appellant,
v.
Malcolm A. LLOPIS, Appellee.
No. 41495.

Supreme Court of Florida.
December 17, 1971.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
J. Leonard Fleet, Hollywood, for appellee.
CARLTON, Justice:
The State of Florida directly appeals from an Order of the Court of Record, Broward County, dismissing an information filed against appellee under authority of Fla. Stat. § 112.313(6), F.S.A., and holding that statute unconstitutional. Our jurisdiction vests under Article V, Section 4(2), Florida Constitution, F.S.A. We affirm.
After the indictment of appellee by the Broward County Grand Jury, the following information, given here in pertinent part only, was filed against him:
After pleading "not guilty" to the charge levied against him, appellee moved for a dismissal of the information on the ground that Fla. Stat. § 112.313(6), F.S.A. was unconstitutional as a matter of law. The statute provides:
The Court of Record, the Honorable William C. Johnson, Jr., presiding, granted the motion to dismiss and directed that appellee be discharged from custody with a release of sureties on his bond. This appeal followed.
While we acknowledge a special sympathy for legislation of this nature, which is intended to safeguard the public and insure honesty and integrity in government, our sympathy cannot be allowed to impair our judgment. This statute is vague beyond redemption. The following language from Judge Johnson's Order meets with our approval:
In order that the Legislature should be given as much time as possible to consider a substitute enactment for Fla. Stat. § 112.313(6), F.S.A., the litigants have waived argument and we have expedited our disposition of this cause.
The Order appealed from is affirmed.
It is so ordered.
ROBERTS, C.J., and ERVIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur.
BOYD, J., dissents.