State of Florida v. Rogerdane Panther

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. ROGERDANE PANTHER, Appellee. No. 4D15-4600 [August 24, 2016] Appeal from the County Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Kenneth A. Gottlieb, Judge; L.T. Case No. 1412845MM10A. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Narine N. Austin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee. ON CONFESSION OF ERROR PER CURIAM. We reverse the county court’s order finding the mandatory $5,000 civil penalty imposed for solicitation of prostitution under section 796.07(6), Florida Statutes (2014), to be unconstitutionally excessive. See State v. Vachon, 182 So. 3d 844 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016); State v. Jones, 180 So. 3d 1085 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). CIKLIN, C.J., WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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