ROBINSON v. STATE

No. 4D00-253.

804 So.2d 451 (2001)

Leon ROBINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, C.J.

Leon Robinson timely appeals the trial court's order declaring him to be a sexual predator after he was convicted of carjacking and kidnapping a baby girl. It was undisputed that Robinson, in committing the crimes, had not engaged in any sexual act upon or in the presence of the child. We hold the statute as applied to Robinson is unconstitutional and, therefore, reverse.

Section 775.21, Florida Statutes (Supp.1998), also known as the Florida Sexual...

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