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654 So. 2d 128

Docket No. 84028.

Folsom v. State

Colin FOLSOM, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 4, 1995.

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1995-05-04

Relies on 634 So. 2d 246 - Bouters v. State · Smalls v. State

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Decided 1995-05-04

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Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 2014 · most notably 668 So. 2d 1077 - Maurer v. State (1996), Lussy v. Fourth Dist. Court of Appeal (2002)

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¶1Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for petitioner.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Parker D. Thomson and Carol A. Licko, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, for respondent.

¶3*129 SHAW, Judge.

¶4We have for review Folsom v. State,638 So.2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994), wherein the district court relied on Bouters v. State,634 So.2d 246 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994), to uphold the constitutionality of Florida's anti-stalking statute, section 784.048, Florida Statutes (1993). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

¶5We have recently upheld the constitutionality of the anti-stalking statute. See Bouters v. State, No. 83,558, ___ So.2d ___ [1995 WL 242403] (Fla. Apr. 27, 1995). Accordingly, we approve Folsom on this issue.

¶6It is so ordered.

¶7GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.

¶8KOGAN, J., concurs specially with an opinion.

¶9KOGAN, Judge, specially concurring.

¶10With the exception of the reservations that I stated in Bouters v. State, No. 83,558, ___ So.2d ___ [1995 WL 242403] (Fla. Apr. 27, 1995), (Kogan, J., specially concurring), I concur with majority.

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