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WATTS v. STATE

No. 64613.

463 So.2d 205 (1985)

Nelson WATTS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender and L.S. Alperstein, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

This case is before us to review the district court decision in Watts v. State, 447 So.2d 271 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983), which expressly declared valid Florida's loitering and prowling statute, section 856.021, Florida Statutes (1981).1 We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

At Watts' trial for loitering and prowling the state presented testimony that a police...

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