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STATE v. JONES

No. 4D14-3019.

180 So.3d 1085 (2015)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Javares JONES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 2, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela E. Noble , and Richard Valuntas , Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Paul D. Lazarus , Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Robert V. Potter, Jr. , F. Wallace Pope, Jr. , and Caitlein J. Jammo of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, for amicus curiae Community Campaign Against Human Trafficking — West Florida, Inc., and International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators, in support of appellant.

The state appeals a county court order finding the mandatory $5,000 civil penalty imposed under section 796.07(6) to be unconstitutionally excessive and certifying a question of great public importance. This court has jurisdiction. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.030(b)(1)(A). See also Fla. R.App. P. 9.030(b)(4)(A), 9.160.

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