Supreme Court of Florida

A district court of appeals decision, which partially reversed dismissal of all racketeering and white collar crime charges against defendants, is reversed in part where, contrary to the district court's conclusions: 1) Florida Statutes section 817.505 (2002), which prohibits "patient brokering," is constitutional; and 2) the information charged the correct units of prosecution as the state was not limited to prosecuting only the arrangement to refer patients under the statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2007
• Published 07/12/2007

Judges

• WELLS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Christopher M. Kise, Solicitor General, Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and James A. McKee, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• G. Richard Strafer, Miami, Florida, and Anthony C. Vitale, Miami, FL, for Appellees.