State v. Burgess

The State of Florida petitions this Court, seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to designate Cameron Burgess (“Respondent”), an out-of-state parolee who moved to Florida from Indiana, as a sexual predator. We dismiss the petition because the State failed to follow the procedures set forth in section 775.21(5)(a)3, Florida Statutes (2014), in the lower court and because the State seeks to compel a discretionary or judgmental function, namely requiring the trial court to rule in a certain way.

On April 4, 2015, the State filed a Motion for Sexual Predator Designation in the trial…