RENEER

v.

SAMBERG ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (22 total)

• Beagle v. Beagle, 678 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. 1996)
  …ficant harm to a child exists. Padgett, 577 So. 2d at 571. We have also recognized that the State has a compelling interest in preventing the sexual exploitation of children within the home. Schmitt v. State, 590 So. 2d 404 (Fla.1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 964, 112 S.Ct. 1572, 118 L.Ed.2d 216 (1992). Our cases have made it abundantly clear that the State can satisfy the compelling state interest standard when it acts to prevent demonstrable harm to a child. The challenged paragraph does not require the S…
• State v. Rife, 789 So. 2d 288 (Fla. 2001)
  …r the state’s compelling interest in protecting minors from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse from adults. See generally, Jones v. State, 640 So. 2d 1084 (Fla.1994)(Kogan, J. concurring); Schmitt v. State, 590 So. 2d 404 (Fla.1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 964, 112 S.Ct. 1572, 118 L.Ed.2d 216 (1992); State v. Sorakrai, 543 So. 2d 294 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). Unlike the others, howev [*297] er, this statute is specifically directed toward defendants who are “in a position of familial or custodial authority.” St…
• B.B. v. State, 659 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 1995)
  …nicious evil that sometimes may be concealed behind the zone of privacy.... The state unquestionably has a very compelling interest in preventing such conduct.’ ” 640 So. 2d at 1086 (quoting Schmitt v. State, 590 So. 2d 404 (Fla.1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 964, 112 S.Ct. 1572, 118 L.Ed.2d 216 (1992)). While we do recognize that Florida does have an obligation and a compelling interest in protecting children from sexual activity before their minds and bodies have sufficiently matured to make it appropriat…