Billups v. State

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, James Walter Billups, challenges his judgment and sentence for loitering in violation of section 24-43, City of Tampa Code (1989). Appellant moved to dismiss the charge, attacking the ordinance on constitutional vagueness grounds. When the trial court denied his motion, appellant pled no contest to the charge, reserving his right to appeal the constitutional ruling by the trial court.

The Florida Supreme Court has now decided this issue in Holliday v. City of Tampa, 619 So.2d 244 (Fla.1993), determining that section 24-43, City of Tampa Code (1989) is…