STATE of Florida, Appellant,
v.
GLOBE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 8, 1994.
December 8, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellant.
John F. Tierney, III and Carey Haughwout of Tierney & Haughwout, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Richard J. Ovelmen of Baker & McKenzie, Miami, and George K. Rahdert of Rahdert & Anderson, St. Petersburg, amici curiae for The Times Publishing Co., The Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists, The Miami Herald Pub. Co., National Broadcasting Co., Inc., The New York Times Co., The American Civ. Liberties Union, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, The Florida First Amendment Foundation, and Gannett Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of Florida.
KOGAN, Justice.
The State appeals State v. Globe Communications Corp.,622 So.2d 1066 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal declared section 794.03, Florida Statutes, which mandates criminal sanctions for identifying a victim of a sexual offense in any instrument of mass communication, facially unconstitutional under both the United States and Florida Constitutions.1
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