Parker v. State

WILSON, T., Associate Judge.

After pleading no contest to possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, Jerry Parker appealed the denial of his dispositive motion to dismiss, where he alleged that section 790.23(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2017), unconstitutionally infringed on the executive branch's authority to restore civil rights. We disagree and affirm the trial court's denial of Parker's motion to dismiss.

In 1987, Parker was convicted of burglary of a structure, a third-degree felony. One year later, the Office of Executive Clemency ("the executive branch") restored Parker's civil rights…