DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. COSME

Nos. 5D05-2807, 5D05-2808.

917 So.2d 1049 (2006)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. Jaime COSME, Brent MacKinder and State of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Joseph Saliba, Assistant General Counsel, and Susan A. Maher, Deputy General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert Wesley, Public Defender, and Marc J. Burnham, Assistant Public Defender, Orlando, for Respondent, Jaime Cosme.

No Appearance for Respondent, Brent MacKinder.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent, State of Florida.


PER CURIAM.

The Department of Corrections ["DOC"] filed two petitions for certiorari raising the same issue.1 Two similar orders have been entered in criminal cases pending in Orange County requiring the DOC to find and pay for a medical expert in a "chemical castration" proceeding following sentencing.

The applicable statute is section 794.0235(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2005), which authorizes a trial court to order a defendant...

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