STATE v. GAYLORD

No. 52331.

356 So.2d 313 (1978)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert GAYLORD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Paul H. Zacks, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Charles Holcomb, Cocoa, for appellee.


KARL, Justice.

We have for review by direct appeal an order of the trial judge finding Section 827.03(3), Florida Statutes (1975), unconstitutionally vague and overly broad and dismissing the information against appellee. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution.

Appellee was charged by information with aggravated child abuse in that he maliciously punished Harold Wilmore, a child thirteen years of age, by beating the...

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