IVORY v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 57251.

393 So.2d 542 (1980)

Eddie Samuel IVORY, Charles Johnson, Edmond Duhart, Ben Chaney, Blair Smith, George Heller, Robert J. Butler, and James Rutledge, Appellants, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Fla., Paul Mercheck, Director, Florida Parole and Probation Commission, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben R. Patterson and Jerry G. Traynham of Patterson & Traynham, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Lucy H. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellees.


ENGLAND, Justice.

This cause is before this Court on direct appeal from a final judgment of the circuit court upholding as facially valid section 944.485, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1978), which requires, as a condition of parole eligibility, that prisoners disclose their assets and income, and that they be assessed the cost of their subsistence in prison. The payment of subsistence costs is subject to the prisoner's ability to pay, and certain specified exemptions....

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