Supreme Court of Florida

A violation of Florida's unlawful compensation statute, which prohibits public officials from seeking or accepting unauthorized benefits in return for performance or nonperformance of official duties, may be proven through circumstantial evidence; a specific agreement need not be shown.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2004
• Published 04/22/2004

Judges

• CANTERO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Consuelo Maingot and Andrea D. England, Assistant Attorneys General, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Respondent.