E.L. v. STATE

No. 79608.

619 So.2d 252 (1993)

E.L., a Child, and R.W. a Child, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and David S. Morgan and Barbara C. Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.

Mark R. Brown, Professor of Law, Stetson University, College of Law, St. Petersburg, amicus curiae for American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Inc.


BARKETT, Chief Justice.

We have for review State v. E.L., 595 So.2d 981 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992), in which the district court upheld the constitutionality of a city ordinance that prohibits loitering for the purpose of engaging in drug-related activity. We have jurisdiction.1

E.L. and R.W. are minors who were charged with loitering for the purpose of engaging in drug-related activity in violation...

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