Robinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
3 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 14071 (§ 170101 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)
Relies on Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · Fletcher v. State · 685 So. 2d 1210 - State v. Dugan · Walker v. State
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“While the statute may have been based on the premise that providing the community with relevant information about certain types of offenders was a reasonable way to help them protect themselves and their children, we hold that the language used goes beyond that purpose when applied in this case. Designating a person such as Robinson as a sexual predator when there is no sexual element to his crime would lead to an absurd result. The legislature could have achieved the same remedial goals, for example, by patterning section 775.21 after the federal standard and, thus, specifically targeting those defendants who commit crimes against children regardless of any sexual element. By instead pigeonholing defendants such as Robinson into the same category as sexual predators, it has effectively subjected them to an unwarranted stigma. This is not only unjust, it is legally unsound. Accordingly, we reverse the designation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is the legislature's prerogative to include the broad category of kidnapping in this statute, regardless of the circumstances under which the child is kidnapped or the length of time the child is held and notwithstanding an absence of evidence of what occurred during the captivity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“that Robinson, in committing the crimes, had not engaged in any sexual act upon or in the presence of the child,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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