Joseph Peter Clarke v. United States

This case is before the Court for review of a question of Florida law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that is determinative of a cause pending in that court and for which there appears to be no controlling precedent. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(6), Fla. Const. In United States v. Clarke, 780 F.3d 1131 (11th Cir.2015), the court certified the following question to this Court:

Florida law prohibits a person from “own[ing] or ... hav[ing] in his or her care, custody, possession, or control any firearm ... if that person has been ...…