STATE v. WARREN

No. 88-02884.

558 So.2d 55 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kathleen Denise WARREN and Thomas George Secchiari, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David R. Gemmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Manuel A. Machin, Tampa, for appellees.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The state appeals an order dismissing an information charging Kathleen Warren and Thomas Secchiari with keeping a house of ill fame in violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1987). The trial court ruled that section 796.01 is unconstitutionally vague. Specifically, the trial court determined that the undefined terms "prostitution," "lewdness," and "ill fame" are unconstitutionally vague as used in this statute. We reverse.

We hold...

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