Shelton v. Sec’y, Dept. of Corrections

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, the Drug Policy Alliance, the Calvert Institute for Policy Research, and 38 law professors from across the United States.

Brief filed: 01/28/2011

Documents

Shelton v. Sec’y, Dept. of Corrections

M.D. Fla.; Case No. 6:07-cv-839-Orl-35KRS

Argument(s)

Florida’s strict liability felony drug law runs afoul of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and is inconsistent with centuries of common law, sound public policy, and the norms of international legal systems and principles generally embraced by the United States.

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Author(s)

Todd Foster of Cohen, Foster & Romaine, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., et al.