JAMES ALFRED RAWLS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Canter v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 409 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …istrict court of appeal only upon a clear showing of “exceptional circumstances” rendering the Commission’s action an abuse of discretion. Section 120.68(12), Administrative Procedure Act; Corte v. Dept. of Administration, Career Service Commission, 386 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). . It should be noted that under the express provisions of Section 120.52(10)(d), Florida Statutes, prisoners (and parolees) have no access to Section 120.57 proceedings, and are thus barred from the remedy — available generally…
• Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs. v. Hankerson, 423 So. 2d 448 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …e Services v. Career Service Commission, 289 So. 2d 412 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974), and this court’s task on appeal is merely to determine whether the Commission acted within the ambit of its discretionary authority. See Corte v. Career Service Commission, 386 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). In this regard the inquiry is whether the Commission action is supported by competent substantial evidence. Cf., Edrington. In the present case the record evidence supports the Commission’s determination that appellee falsified…
• Dick A. LEE v. Fla. Dep't of Hwy. Safety & Motor Vehicles, 438 So. 2d 405 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983)
  …hat “[u]pon a finding that just cause did not exist for the suspension or dismissal, the commission may order the reinstatement of the employee, with or without back pay.” This provision was expressly upheld in Corte v. Department of Administration, 386 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980) where the court went on to note that “it rests within the sound discretion of the Commission, when reinstating [*407] an employee, to do so ‘with or without back pay,’ and this court shall not reverse or substitute its judgment f…

Authorities Cited

• Hollis Yates Odom v. State, 375 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979)
• Brooks v. State, 386 So. 2d 872 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980)
• Hornsby v. State, 352 So. 2d 954 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977)