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STATE v. COTTON

No. 2D14-2679.

198 So.3d 737 (2016)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Joseph Lloyd COTTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 26, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dawn A. Tiffin and Marilyn Muir Beccue , Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellant.

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

Chris M. Pratt and Tracy B. Pratt , Palmetto; and Mark Lipinski , Bradenton, for Appellee.

Sonya Rudenstine , Gainesville; and Karen Gottlieb , Coconut Grove, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

The State appeals a county court order finding section 796.07(6), Florida Statutes (2013), unconstitutional. Because we conclude that the statute is not facially unconstitutional and that the $5000 fine is not excessive or "grossly disproportional" as applied in this case, we reverse.

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