Wyche v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “IS SECTION 24-43, CITY OF TAMPA CODE (1989), FACIALLY CONSTITUTIONAL?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wyche v. State · Holliday v. City of Tampa

2. “SECTION 1: The City Commission of the City of Sanford finds the public safety and morals of the citizens of the City of Sanford is being endangered by an increasing illicit drug trafficking and use in the City of Sanford. That said drug use is increasing rapidly causing immediate and imminent danger to the public health and safety and to property in the area where drug use is taking place and that said drug problem is being significantly increased by the presence of numerous persons loitering in certain areas of the City for the purpose of engaging in drug related activity. SECTION 2: Chapter 18 of the City Code of the City of Sanford is hereby amended by the addition thereto of Section 34 as follows: ARTICLE III: LOITERING FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN DRUG RELATED ACTIVITY. A. Drug related loitering prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter in or near any public street, right of way, or place open to the public, or in or near any public or private place in the City of Sanford in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose to engage in drug related activities contrary to the provisions of Chapter 893, of the Florida Statutes. B. Section 21-21, Circumstances Manifesting such purposes enumerated. Among the circumstances which may be considered as determining whether such purpose is manifest, are: 1. Such person is a known unlawful drug user, possessor, or seller. For purposes of this chapter, a "known unlawful drug user, possessor, or seller” is a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. E.L.

3. “known prostitute, pimp, sodomist, performer of fellatio, performer of cunnilingus, masturbator for hire or panderer is a person who, within one (1) year previous to the date of arrest for violation of this subsection, had within the knowledge of the arresting officer been convicted of violating any ordinance of the city or law of any state defining and punishing acts of soliciting, committing or offering or agreeing to commit prostitution, sodomy, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation for hire, pandering, or other lewd or indecent act. b. For the purpose of this subsection 10 and section 24-63,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wyche v. State