STATE v. GIAMANCO

No. 95-1341.

682 So.2d 1193 (1996)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Charles GIAMANCO, Herman Berger, Michael Carinda, and Michael Metcalfe, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Michelle A. Konig, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

H. Dohn Williams, Jr., of H. Dohn Williams, Jr., P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-Charles Giamanco.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for Appellee-Michael Metcalfe.


KLEIN, Judge.

The appellees were charged with conspiring to administer medication to a race animal for the purpose of affecting the outcome of a horse race in violation of sections 550.235(2) and 550.2415(9)(a), Florida Statutes (1993). The trial court dismissed the charges ruling section 550.235(2) unconstitutionally vague both on its face and as applied. We reverse.

The appellees had allegedly conspired to give the race horse a mixture containing approximately...

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