Legal Opinion

State v. Block

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 30, 1983No. 82-1187PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by the state from an order of the county court which dismissed the information filed against appellee. In its order the trial court held that the then existing section 860.01(1), Florida Statutes (1981)1 was unconstitutionally vague, saying:

[T]his Court rules Section 860.01(1), Florida Statutes, to be patently unconstitutional on its face as being void for vagueness and thus violating due process of law in that the subsection does not mandate, as an essential element of the offense, that the State allege and then prove the specific intoxicant which caused…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of SaleSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
  2. State v. CovingtonSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  3. State v. CardinalDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. ConfortiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. State v. DemarzoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. Maffea v. MoeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. City of Fort Lauderdale v. IlkanicDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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