STATE v. THOMAS

No. 5D12-4007.

133 So.3d 1133 (2014)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Brian Scott THOMAS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wesley Heidt , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering and Steven N. Gosney , Assistant Public Defenders, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, J.

The State of Florida appeals an order in which the trial court declared unconstitutional the portion of section 831.28(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2012), that makes it a crime to possess a counterfeit payment instrument. The State argues that the trial court erred by declaring that portion of the statute unconstitutional because the trial court was required to construe the statute in a manner that would preserve the statute's constitutionality.

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