Demetrius Carter v. State of Florida

2025-0249Fladistctapp4

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D ISTRICT C OURT OF A PPEAL O F T HE STATE OF F LORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
DEMETRIUS CARTER,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 4D2025-0249
[November 12, 2025]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St.
Lucie County; Michael C. Heisey, Judge; L.T. Case No. 2023CF000585A.
Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, and Benjamin N. Paley, Assistant
Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
James 	Uthmeier, 	Attorney 	General, 	Tallahassee, 	and 	Sorraya 	M.
Solages-Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for
appellee.
P ER CURIAM .
Affirmed. 	See Nelson v. State, 195 So. 2d 853 (Fla. 1967) (rejecting a
state constitutional challenge to section 790.23, Florida Statutes); Fleming
v. State, 414 So. 3d 175 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025), reh’g denied (May 30, 2025)
(rejecting a federal constitutional challenge to section 790.23); Paul v.
State, 381 So. 3d 617 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024) (upholding constitutionality of
section 790.23); Edenfield v. State, 379 So. 3d 5, 9–10 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023)
(“Whether 	based 	on 	the 	language 	from 	McDonald, 	Heller, 	and 	Bruen
excluding convicted felons from having protected Second Amendment
rights, 	or 	whether 	based 	on 	the 	historical 	tradition 	of 	the 	Second
Amendment as given by Bruen, we conclude that Florida law prohibiting
convicted felons from possessing firearms survives Second Amendment
scrutiny.”), reh’g denied, 375 So. 3d 930 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023), rev. denied,
No. SC2023-1106, 2023 WL 8710101 (Fla. Dec. 18, 2023).
C IKLIN, L EVINE and F ORST , JJ., concur.
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT

DEMETRIUS CARTER,
Appellant,

Vv.

STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.

No. 4D2025-0249
[November 12, 2025]

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St.
Lucie County; Michael C. Heisey, Judge; L.T. Case No. 2023CFOO0585A.

Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, and Benjamin N. Paley, Assistant
Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sorraya M.
Solages-Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for
appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Nelson v. State, 195 So. 2d 853 (Fla. 1967) (rejecting a
state constitutional challenge to section 790.23, Florida Statutes); Fleming
v. State, 414 So. 3d 175 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025), reh’g denied (May 30, 2025)
(rejecting a federal constitutional challenge to section 790.23); Paul v.
State, 381 So. 3d 617 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024) (upholding constitutionality of
section 790.23); Edenfield v. State, 379 So. 3d 5, 9-10 (Fla. lst DCA 2023)
(“Whether based on the language from McDonald, Heller, and Bruen
excluding convicted felons from having protected Second Amendment
rights, or whether based on the historical tradition of the Second
Amendment as given by Bruen, we conclude that Florida law prohibiting
convicted felons from possessing firearms survives Second Amendment
scrutiny.”), reh’g denied, 375 So. 3d 930 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023), rev. denied,
No. SC2023-1106, 2023 WL 8710101 (Fla. Dec. 18, 2023).

CIKLIN, LEVINE and ForstT, JJ., concur.

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