3/4/15 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments – William Crews v. State, SC14-319

Mr. Crews, a public school teacher, was convicted of multiple counts of sexual offenses involving minors age 12 or older. Charges on some of the counts were based on a longer statute of limitations period that applies to “misconduct in office” by a public officer or employee, with the state alleging that since Mr. Crews was a teacher and the victims were students, the crimes qualified as misconduct in office. Mr. Crews claimed the statute does not apply to public school teachers and that the offenses were not misconduct in office. The First District Court of Appeal disagreed but certified the legal question as one of great public importance for this Court’s review.

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