STATE v. BARQUET

No. 41596.

262 So.2d 431 (1972)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Luis Bulas BARQUET et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Marvin J. Emory, Jr., of Law Offices of Carr & Emory, Miami, for appellees.

Robert M. Brakes, Coral Gables, and Robert B. Kane, Tallahassee, as amici curiae.


ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the Criminal Court of Record of Dade County, Florida, which held that Fla. Stat. §§ 782.10 and 797.01, F.S.A., relating to abortions, were unconstitutional. We have jurisdiction. Fla. Const., art. V, § 4(2), F.S.A.

At the outset, we emphasized that the emotional and explosive question of whether an abortion should be prohibited or permitted is a matter entirely within the discretion of the legislative...

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