ADKINS, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from the Circuit Court of Seminole County which passed directly on the validity of Fla. Stat. § 794.01, F.S.A., the rape statute under which appellant, Joe Kenneth Dean was charged. We have jurisdiction of the cause pursuant to Fla. Const., art. V, § 3(b)(1), F.S.A.
Dean was convicted of forcible rape with a recommendation of mercy. Dean was then committed as a mentally disordered sex offender under Fla. Stat...
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