TURLINGTON v. FERRIS

No. BH-37.

496 So.2d 177 (1986)

Ralph D. TURLINGTON, As Commissioner of Education, Appellant, v. Thomas D. FERRIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Brechner, General Counsel, State Bd. of Educ., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Perry Gall Gruman, of Chamblee and Miles, Tampa, for appellee.


BARFIELD, Judge.

The Commissioner of Education appeals a final order of the Education Practices Commission dismissing an administrative complaint against Thomas Ferris, an elementary school teacher charged with the sexual battery of a fifteen year old boy. We reverse.

Appellee pled nolo contendere to the sexual battery charge and was placed on probation for three years with adjudication of guilt withheld. An administrative complaint was then filed by the Commissioner...

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