DocketNumber： 4D14-4398
Judges： Ciklin, Warner, Klingensmith
Filed Date： 3/9/2016
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 10/19/2024
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. KEVIN A. BENITEZ, Appellee. No. 4D14-4398 [March 9, 2016] Appeal from the County Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Robert F. Diaz, Judge; L.T. Case No. 14-005383 MM10A. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Teresa Williams and Carolyn B. Anderson of Williams & Trese, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee. 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. Jones,180 So. 3d 1085
(Fla. 4th DCA 2015). We remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Reversed and Remanded. CIKLIN, C.J., WARNER and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.