NACDL - State of Florida v. Luke Jarrod Adkins, et al.

State of Florida v. Luke Jarrod Adkins, et al.

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, the Drug Policy Alliance, the Cato Institute, the Reason Foundation, the Libertarian Law Council, and 25 law professors from across the United States.

State of Florida v. Luke Jarrod Adkins, et al.

Brief Details

Case No.: SC11-1878, 2011 WL 4925888
Brief Filed: November 28, 2011
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of Florida

Key Topics in the Brief

White Collar | Mens Rea | Strict Liability | Felony Drug Laws

Briefs

State-of-Florida-v-Luke-Jarrod-Adkins.pdf

Argument(s)

Florida’s strict liability felony drug law runs afoul of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and is inconsistent with centuries of common law.

Author(s)

Todd Foster of Cohen, Foster & Romaine, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., David O. Markus of Markus & Markus in Miami, Fla., and Quintin Chatman, Ivan J. Dominguez, Tiffany Joslyn, Jack King, and Norman L. Reimer, all at NACDL.