TURNER v. WAINWRIGHT

Nos. KK-260, MM-471, MM-448, NN-84, NN-198, PP-246 and LL-128.

379 So.2d 148 (1980)

Larry TURNER, James Benner Bailey, Jr., William G. Brooker, Richard Lee Rieser, Howard Gene Kilgore, and John Michael Haddon, Petitioners, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondents. Larry Edward TURNER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PAROLE AND PROBATION COMMISSION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Belz, and Thomas A. Daniel, of Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc., Gainesville, for petitioners and appellant.

Michael H. Davidson, Gainesville, Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent and appellee.


ROBERT P. SMITH, Acting Chief Judge:

Does the open public meetings law, Section 286.011,1 apply to parole revocation meetings of the Parole and Probation Commission, or would the constraints of that law unconstitutionally invade clemency prerogatives of the executive branch, in violation of Article IV, Section 8, and Article II, Section 3, Constitution of Florida? Last year in Thomas2 we stated that...

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