State v. Astore

258 So.2d 33 (1972)

STATE of Florida, Plaintiff,

v.

Ronald ASTORE, Defendant.

No. 71-777.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 2, 1972.

James T. Russell, State's Atty. and Otto E. Halboth, Asst. State's Atty., Clearwater, for plaintiff.

Jack F. White, Jr., Clearwater, for defendant.

McNULTY, Judge.

This certified question comes to us from the Sixth Judicial Circuit and concerns the constitutionality of the Florida statute making it unlawful to possess short-barreled rifles.[1] Florida statute § 790.221, F.S.A., reads, in pertinent part, as follows:

"It is unlawful for any…