FRANKLIN v. DISTRICT SCH. BD. OF HENDRY CTY.

No. 77-1888.

356 So.2d 931 (1978)

Ricky D. FRANKLIN, a Minor, by and through His Mother and Next Friend, Annie Baxter, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF HENDRY COUNTY, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Shapiro, Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc., Belle Glade, for petitioner.

Owen L. Luckey, Jr. of Luckey & Harrell, Labelle, for respondent.


BOARDMAN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Ricky Franklin, petitions for writ of certiorari to review his expulsion from high school by respondent, District School Board of Hendry County. He contends that all of the evidence both written and oral upon which the order of expulsion was based was hearsay and, therefore, insufficient to support the school board's action. We agree and reverse.

The evidence tending to show petitioner's guilt of the two acts upon which his...

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