5D06-3508 Robert Masters v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D06-3508

Case Date: 05/14/2007

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2007

ROBERT J. MASTERS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed May 18, 2007 Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Johns County, Wendy Berger, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. Case No. 5D06-3508

PLEUS, C.J. Masters appeals his civil commitment under the Jimmy Ryce Act. 1 He argues that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence against him because that evidence was not reliable. He also argues that section 394.9155(5), Florida Statutes (2006), which authorizes the admission of hearsay in Jimmy Ryce proceedings, violates

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