DANIEL WARREN MORGAN, APPELLANT,
v.
GEORGE A. BRESCHER, SHERIFF, APPELLEE; KAREN ANN KIELB, APPELLANT, V. GEORGE A. BRESCHER, SHERIFF, APPELLEE
DANIEL WARREN MORGAN, APPELLANT,
GEORGE A. BRESCHER, SHERIFF, APPELLEE; KAREN ANN KIELB, APPELLANT, V. GEORGE A. BRESCHER, SHERIFF, APPELLEE
466 So. 2d 1218
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1985)
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Cited by 6 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
We affirm and in so doing reject appellants’ claim that the minimum mandatory sentences provided for in the drug trafficking statute, section 893.135, Florida Statutes (1983), violate the federal constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishments as construed in Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. 3001, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983). Also see State v. Benitez, 395 So. 2d 514 (Fla.1981) and Carmona v. Ward, 576 F. 2d 405 (2d Cir.1978), cert. denied 439 U.S. 1091, 99 S.Ct. 874, 59 L.Ed.2d 58 (1979).
ANSTEAD, C.J., and DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
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Simmie Lee Kendry v. State, 517 So. 2d 78 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987)…allenges. See, e.g., (pre-Solem) Scott v. State, 369 So. 2d 330 (Fla.1979); O’Donnell v. State, 326 So. 2d 4 (Fla.1975); McArthur v. State, 351 So. 2d 972 (Fla.1977); State v. Benitez, 395 So. 2d 514 (Fla.1981); and (post-Solem), Morgan v. Brescher, 466 So. 2d 1218 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985); Zarate v. State, 466 So. 2d 1176 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1985). Further, the Florida Supreme Court has consistently upheld the penalty imposed herein against a constitutional challenge. Banks v. State, 342 So. 2d 469 (Fla.1976); Buford v…
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Sanchez v. State, 636 So. 2d 187 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)…530 (11th Cir.1992), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 113 S.Ct. 1423, 122 L.Ed.2d 792 (1993); Hale v. State, 630 So. 2d 521 (Fla.1993); State v. Benitez, 395 So. 2d 514 (Fla.1981); Bloodworth v. State, 504 So. 2d 495 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987); Morgan v. Brescher, 466 So. 2d 1218 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 476 So. 2d 674 (Fla.1985). Accordingly, we find that section 893.135 does not violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishments. As to the equal protection argument alleging that the classifications upon which mandatory…
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Martin v. State, 534 So. 2d 1250 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988)…PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Morgan v. Brescher, 466 So. 2d 1218 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 476 So. 2d 674 (Fla.1985). DOWNEY, ANSTEAD, JJ., and RIVKIND, LEONARD, Associate Judge, concur.…
Authorities Cited
- Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (U.S. 1983)
- State v. Benitez, 395 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 1981)
- Carmona v. Ward, 576 F.2d 405 (2d Cir. 1978)
- Tennon v. Ricketts, 439 U.S. 1091 (U.S. 1979)
- Wiggins v. Murphy, 439 U.S. 1091 (U.S. 1979)