RAINES v. STATE

No. 4D00-3024.

805 So.2d 999 (2001)

Shane RAINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, Samuel A. Walker and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Maria Pafullo and Melanie Ann Dale, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

Appellant challenges his conviction and revocation of probation for failing to register as a sexual offender pursuant to section 943.0435, Florida Statutes. Although he raises several constitutional arguments, we find merit only in his contention that the statute violates equal protection in classifying him as a "sexual offender," when he was not convicted of an offense involving any sexual component.

In 1997 appellant pled no contest to a charge...

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