Opinion

Childers v. State

  • 931 So. 2d 86
  • 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 17207
  • 2006 WL 237081
Court
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Filed
Feb 2, 2006
Status
Published
Author
Wolf
On the bench
Allen, Benton, Browning, Davis, Ervin, Hawkes, Kahn, Lewis, Nortwick, Padovano, Polston, Thomas, Webster, Wolf
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

WOLF, J.,

Concurring and Dissenting.

I concur with the decisions of the court to affirm the conviction and to uphold restitution in favor of the county. I dissent, however, from the decision to go en banc for substantially the same reasons expressed by Judge Kahn and Judge Ervin.

I also feel that I must address two matters raised by Judge Allen’s concurrence. I challenge the implication that the restitution issue had anything to do with the vote of the court to go en banc. I suggest, rather, that it is an attempted after-the- *116 fact justification for a decision which otherwise cannot be justified. 6

I am also concerned with the statement that “involvement of a particular party” might justify exercise of the court’s en banc jurisdiction. If this statement implies that the name of a particular person involved in the ease affects the quantum of consideration and scrutiny available in a particular ease, I strongly disagree. 7 A party is entitled to the same consideration from this court whether his name is Child-ers or Smith. To do otherwise would place more importance on personalities than equal application of the rule of law.

. While I agree with the result reached by the majority on the restitution issue, I question its overall importance in light of how rarely a local government is a victim and because this is an issue which can easily be remedied by the Legislature.

. If this statement is intended to convey the message that there may be an important issue affecting the duties of a person who holds a particular office and rising to the level of exceptional importance, I do not argue with this concept.

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