State v. Cheatham

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kenneth Jerald CHEATHAM and James Kansinger Jones, Appellees. STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert DALEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 8, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1979.

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1979-11-08

Relies on 377 So. 2d 648 - Town v. State Ex Rel. Reno

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Decided 1979-11-08

How this case has been cited

Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently October 1997 · most notably Woodward v. State (1980), State v. Allen (1980)

35 state decisions

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¶1Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Benedict P. Kuehne, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, and Michael J. Satz, State's Atty., and Patti Englander, Asst. State's Atty., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

¶2Milton E. Grusmark and Robert Kalter, of the Law Offices of Milton E. Grusmark, P.A., Miami, for Kenneth Jerald Cheatham.

¶3Lee E. Muschott, of Brennan & Muschott, Fort Pierce, for James Kansinger Jones.

¶4Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Channing E. Brackey, Asst. Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for Robert Daley.

¶5OVERTON, Justice.

¶6This cause involves consolidated appeals from trial court orders declaring section 893.03(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1978 Supp.), unconstitutional as applied to the classification of cannabis as a prohibited drug.

¶7For the reasons expressed in our recent decision in Town v. State ex rel. Reno,377 So.2d 648 (Fla. 1979), we disagree and reverse.

¶8It is so ordered.

¶9ENGLAND, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, SUNDBERG and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.