Department of Corrections v. Helton

THOMPSON, Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the Career Service Commission (Commission) which reduced Appellee Celestine Helton’s dismissal by the Department of Corrections to a suspension. The Commission’s action followed a de novo hearing pursuant to § 110.309, Fla.Stat. (1983). The constitutionality of this statute was upheld in Department of Business Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco v. Jones, 474 So.2d 359 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). Because we are unable to say that the Commission’s action was not supported by competent substantial evidence we cannot conclude that the…