STATE v. LAWTON

No. 91-0469.

588 So.2d 72 (1991)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Leslie LAWTON, a/k/a Linzie Lawton, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melvina Racey Flaherty, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse that portion of the trial court's sentencing order refusing to apply the provisions of section 322.055(1), Florida Statutes (1991). That section mandates suspension of an offender's driving privileges upon conviction of, among other offenses, possession of marijuana.

The trial court, apparently because of a ruling in an earlier case before it, ruled that the statute was "unconstitutional", and refused to apply it here. Appellee has filed...

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