State v. Earwood

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. LABAN JASPER EARWOOD, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Apr 30, 2004

871 So. 2d 310 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

Case No. 5D03-1129.

Opinion filed April 30, 2004.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Richard A. Howard, Judge.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patrick W. Krechowski, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Allison Havens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

SHARP, W., J.

The state appeals from an order which dismissed the charge of failing to register as a convicted sex offender¹ filed against Earwood. This appeal involves the same issue, the interpretation of the sexual offender registration statute, section 943.0435, Florida Statutes, which was addressed in State v. Mounce, 866 So.2d 132 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). Accordingly, we reverse and remand this case for further proceedings, pursuant to Mounce.

1 § 943.0435(2), Fla. Stat. (2002).

REVERSED and REMANDED.

GRIFFIN and MONACO, JJ., concur.