DOWNS v. STATE

No. 96-02281.

700 So.2d 789 (1997)

Thomas DOWNS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Brad Permar, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jean-Jacques Darius, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


FULMER, Judge.

The defendant, Thomas Downs, Jr., challenges the trial court's order designating him a sexual predator pursuant to section 775.21, Florida Statutes (Supp.1996). We dismiss this appeal as untimely. However, we write to explain our dismissal and to clarify the procedures for appeals taken from orders entered pursuant to section 775.21.

Downs was charged with one count of kidnapping and three counts of sexual battery, alleged to have occurred on...

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