STATE v. BRADFORD

No. SC96910.

787 So.2d 811 (2001)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Charles BRADFORD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, West Palm Beach, FL; and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Michael E. Dutko of Bogenschutz & Dutko, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Respondent.

Henry M. Coxe, III, and Aaron Metcalf of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville, FL; D. Gray Thomas and Wm. J. Sheppard of Sheppard, White & Thomas, P.A., Jacksonville, FL; and Robert Stuart Willis of Willis & Ferebee, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Steven Warfield, Lakewood Chiropractic Clinic, d/b/a Warfield Chiropractic Center, Mark E. Klempner, Casmar, Inc., and Craig J. Oswald, Amici Curiae.

Robert A. Ader and Elizabeth B. Hitt of the Law Offices of Robert Ader, Miami, FL, for Dr. Randolph Hansbrough, Amicus Curiae.


LEWIS, J.

We have for review Bradford v. State, 740 So.2d 569 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), which expressly declares valid section 817.234(8), Florida Statutes (1997), a statute criminalizing certain conduct related to solicitation when insurance benefits are available. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. For the reasons set forth below, we quash the district court's decision. In so doing, we hold...

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