Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2004

Whitsett v. State

Whitsett v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 28, 2004 · Hazouri, Klein, Warner
870 So. 2d 965; 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 5840; 2004 WL 894639 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Whitsett v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm based on Krischer v. Faris, 838 So.2d 600 (Fla. 4th DCA), prohibition dismissed, 846 So.2d 1148 (Fla. 2003), but certify as a question of great public importance the question certified in Harris v. State, 27 Florida Law Weekly D946, — So.2d-, 2002 WL 731699 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002), rev. granted, 854 So.2d 600 (Fla. 2003):

IS A PLEA AGREEMENT FOR PRISON TIME FOLLOWED BY PROBATION VIOLATED WHEN THE STATE LATER INITIATES DISCRETIONARY CIVIL COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE JIMMY RYCE ACT (PART V OF CHAPTER 394, FLORIDA STATUTES)? IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST QUESTION, IS THE STATE BARRED BY EQUITABLE ESTOPPEL FROM SEEKING CIVIL COMMITMENT?
WARNER, KLEIN and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.

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