Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2007

Hughes v. State

Hughes v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 10, 2007 · Klein, Shahood, Warner
967 So. 2d 968; 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 15918; 2007 WL 2935587 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Hughes v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks mandamus relief to require the trial judge to remove the designation of petitioner as a sexual offender as the judge originally ordered at sentencing. Since petitioner was convicted of an of*969fense for which sexual offender designation is mandatory, the trial court had no authority to exempt a qualifying person from such designation. § 775.24, Fla. Stat. (2003). Mandamus relief is available only to require performance of legally authorized acts and thus cannot be invoked in this case. See, e.g., Rodriguez v. Smith, 673 So.2d 559 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

Petition denied.

SHAHOOD, C.J., WARNER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.

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