RICHARD GREENE, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Akeem Muhammad v. Crosby, 922 So. 2d 236 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006)
  …from cutting Muhammad’s beard, because courts are not authorized to regulate treatment of inmates, the court does have jurisdiction to consider his challenge to the validity of DOC’s shaving regulation on religious grounds. See Moore v. Habibullah, 739 So. 2d 1281 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Singletary v. Duggins, 724 So. 2d 1234 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).…
• Moore v. Burns, 796 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
  …dges lack the authority to regulate the treatment of prison inmates; particularly as it relates to inmates’ hair length. See Moore v. Mills, 789 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); Moore v. Lowery, 758 So. 2d 737 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Moore v. Habibullah, 739 So. 2d 1281 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Singletary v. Duggins, 724 So. 2d 1234 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). In Moore v. Mills, this Court unequivocally stated that “[t]he cutting of hair and beards are clearly conditions which the DOC set for inmate confinements, and to inter…
• Moore v. Mills, 789 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
  …ts lack the authority in criminal actions to regulate the treatment of sentenced defendants in the prison system. See Moore v. Lowery, 758 So. 2d 737 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Singletary v. Duggins, 724 So. 2d 1234 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Moore v. Habibullah, 739 So. 2d 1281 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). The cutting of hair and beards are clearly conditions which the DOC set for inmate confinements, and to interfere with those conditions exceeds judicial authority. Petition granted.…

Authorities Cited

• State v. Ronnie S. LAW, 559 So. 2d 187 (Fla. 1989)