M.R. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 1, 2000

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2000-11-01

Relies on Tenet Healthcare Corp. v. Hialeah-Miami Springs Medical Fund · J.P. v. State

Decided 2000-11-01

WHATLEY, Judge.

¶1M.R. appeals the trial court’s adjudication of delinquency for violating Tampa’s juvenile curfew ordinance. See Tampa, Fla., Code § 14-26(c) (1996). He argues that the ordinance is unconstitutional. We affirm under the authority of this court’s recent decisions in J.P. v. State, 775 So.2d 324 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000), and State v. T.M., 761 So.2d 1140 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

¶2We again certify the following questions of great public importance:

WHAT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY MUST A COURT APPLY WHEN REVIEWING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF A JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE?

WHETHER THE TAMPA JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE IS CONSTITUTIONAL?

¶3Affirmed.

PARKER, A.C.J., and FULMER, J., Concur.