State can keep sexual predator designation on driver’s licenses
Lazaro Aleman
ECB Publishing, Inc.
Florida can continue identifying convicted sexual predators with the words “Sexual Predator” stamped on their driver’s licenses, according to a ruling by the 5th District Court of Appeal on Friday, Aug. 15.
The court’s 31-page opinion upholding the constitutionality of the state requirement came in response to a challenge by a convicted sexual predator, who argued that the designation violated his First Amendment rights.
In January, a panel of