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SINGLETARY v. CARPENTER

Nos. 97-02728, 97-03968.

705 So.2d 110 (1998)

Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary for the Department of Corrections, Petitioner, v. Robert CARPENTER, Respondent. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary for the Department of Corrections, Petitioner, v. DeVante TURNER, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon L. Wells and Natalie Duguid, Tallahassee, for Bruno F. DeZayas, Lakeland, for Respondent Robert Carpenter.

DeVante Turner, pro se.

PER CURIAM.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) in these consolidated proceedings challenges the authority of criminal trial courts to dictate the terms by which prisoners convicted of enumerated sex offenses may enjoy visitation with minors at their institutions of confinement. We agree with the DOC that there is no legislative authority permitting the intervention of criminal trial judges in these decisions and quash the orders for which review is sought.

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