State of Florida v. Mariano J. Vilchez
State of Florida v. Mariano J. Vilchez
182 So. 3d 878; 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 226; 2016 WL 72684
(Southern Reporter, Third Series)
State of Florida v. Mariano J. Vilchez
Opinion
We reverse the county court’s order finding the mandatory- $5,000 civil penalty imposed for solicitation of prostitution under section 796.07(6), Florida Statutes (2014), to be unconstitutionally excessive. See State v. Jones, No. 4D14-3019, 2015 WL 7752702 (Fla. 4th DCA Dec. 2, 2015). We remand for the trial court to impose the statutorily mandated $5,000 civil penalty. See State v. Delgado, 717 So.2d 1053, 1053 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (“It is well settled that statutorily mandated fines must be imposed absent a stipulation by the state, which did not occur here.”).
Reversed and remanded.
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