FLORIDA DEPT. OF HEALTH, ETC. v. GROSS

Nos. 82-1214, 82-1215.

421 So.2d 44 (1982)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, a State Agency, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Howard GROSS, Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Dade County, Florida, and the Honorable Arthur Snyder, Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Dade County, Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Carmen Dominguez, Coral Gables, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Theda R. James, Andrew H. Boros, and Calvin Fox, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondents.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN, and FERGUSON, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

In separate criminal proceedings, the respondent judges adjudicated defendants guilty of the offense of sexual battery, withheld sentences, and ordered that the defendants be committed to the Mentally Disordered Sex Offender Program at South Florida State Hospital as a special condition of probation.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) petitioned this court for writs of mandamus directing the circuit judges to refrain...

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