Rolling v. State

COBB, Judge.

Danny Rolling was convicted in Marion County of robbery with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and fleeing or eluding a law enforcement official. He appeals from an order purportedly imposing a lien in favor of the state on any proceeds received by him from any literary, cinematic or other account of these offenses.

We do not reach the constitutional issue. We simply quash the action of the trial court, which purported to grant a “lien” in a closed criminal case based upon section 944.512, Florida Statutes (1993). Subsection (1) of that statute provides:

A lien…