Rolling v. State, 741 So. 2d 627 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Cases | Rolling v. State, 741 So. 2d 627 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999) | 2018

Defendant Rolling is a death-sentenced multiple murderer and, with appellant London, appealed from a lower court’s imposition of a lien, arguing that Fla. Stat. § 944.512, the state’s notoriety for profit law, is unconstitutional on its face and as applied. After a “bench trial, the court issued a final judgment finding that Rolling’s personal property . . . and the book recounting Rolling’s crimes, were being marketed for profit by London and that the marketability of these items stemmed directly from Rolling’s having committed the unspeakable crimes of which he was convicted.” The court held that the imposition of the lien could be upheld solely under Chapter 960, relating to civil restitution liens, without needing to reach the constitutionality of Fla. Stat. § 944.512. The trial court’s order was affirmed.