Supreme Court of Florida, 1980

Sowers v. State

Sowers v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided July 17, 1980 · Adkins, Alderman, Boyd, England, McDonald, Overton, Sundberg
386 So. 2d 245; 1980 Fla. LEXIS 4306 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Sowers v. State

Concurring in Part

BOYD, Justice,

concurs in part and dissents in part.

I concur with holding the statute constitutional, but I would decide all other issues also to conserve time and judicial labor.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The present case is before the Court on appeal from a trial court order upholding the constitutionality of section 39.04(2)(e)4. Having recently upheld this statute’s validity, State v. Cain, 381 So.2d 1361 (Fla. 1980), we find the constitutional issue to be frivolous. This case is transferred to the District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, for resolution of the remaining issues raised on appeal.

It is so ordered.

SUNDBERG, C. J., and OVERTON, ENGLAND, ALDERMAN and MCDONALD, JJ., concur. BOYD, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with an opinion. ADKINS, J., dissents.

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