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McClish v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Sep 9, 1981
404 So. 2d 144 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 81-90.

September 9, 1981.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Brevard County, Roger F. Dykes, J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Thomas R. Mott, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Edwin H. Duff, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


Appellant's contention that section 951.22(1), Florida Statutes (1979) under which he was charged because a handcuff key was found on his person while he was a prisoner, is unconstitutionally vague, is without merit. The statute meets the void-for-vagueness test set forth in Sanicola v. State, 384 So.2d 152 (Fla. 1980); Russ v. State, 400 So.2d 1314 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).

§ 951.22(1), Florida Statutes (1979) provides:
It is unlawful except through regular channels as duly authorized by the sheriff or officer in charge to introduce into or possess upon the grounds of any county detention facility . . . any of the following articles which are hereby declared to be contraband for the purposes of this act, to-wit: . . . any instrumentality of any nature that may be or is intended to be used as an aid in effecting or attempting to effect an escape from a county facility.

The appellant has not shown an abuse of the trial court's discretion in denying his attorney the right to question prospective jurors on voir dire about their personal television habits. Zamora v. State, 361 So.2d 776 (Fla.3d DCA 1978), cert. denied, 372 So.2d 472 (Fla. 1979).

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, COBB and FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur.


Summaries of

McClish v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Sep 9, 1981
404 So. 2d 144 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

McClish v. State

Case Details

Full title:WARREN WILLIAM McCLISH, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Sep 9, 1981

Citations

404 So. 2d 144 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

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