Wolfinger Warns Adult Bookstores
, February 11, 1987
State
Attorney Norm Wolfinger has put adult-bookstore owners in Brevard
County on notice that if they don't start policing themselves, his
office will.Wolfinger sent a letter to store owners outlining the jury
conviction of adult-bookstore owners Marian and Samuel Wallace. The
Wallaces, who operated Leather and Lace in Cocoa Beach, were tried in
October and sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and 7 1/2 years of
probation in January under the state Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act. Their case was the state's first RICO conviction
involving the sale of obscene materials.
Miller, Wolfinger Are At It Again
May 17, 1987
SO
BREVARD County's self-designated guardians of the public morality,
Sheriff Jake Miller and State Attorney Norman Wolfinger, have come up
with another way to save the people from themselves. They have decided
to crack down on your corner video store that stocks videos they
consider obscene. Apparently the wave of drugs, robberies, burglaries,
and murders that is afflicting our county has not kept our top law
enforcement officials busy enough, so they seem to feel the need to make
criminals out of legitimate business people who rent videos they find
offensive.
Wolfinger Once Again
August 25, 1992
There
is more to the state attorney's job than being a prosecutor. For one
thing, in the Seminole-Brevard circuit it means managing a $7 million
annual budget and a staff of 181 - 79 of them lawyers.That's why Norm
Wolfinger is the better choice for voters in the Sept. 1 Republican
primary. He has held the job for eight years. While opponent John
Galluzzo has some fine qualities, he hasn't made the case that he can do
a better job.Since there is no Democrat in this race, the primary
winner will assume the office.
Prosecutor Tougher If Victim's White
, June 1, 1992
Norm
Wolfinger, state attorney for Seminole and Brevard counties, is hard on
killers, especially those who kill whites.He has sought the death
penalty about three times more often for killing whites than for killing
blacks, Hispanics and members of other minority groups, The Orlando
Sentinel found in a survey of murder cases since 1986.His office seeks
and wins more capital cases than any other prosecutor's office in
Central Florida.And although state attorneys in Orange, Osceola, Volusia
and Lake counties also sought death more often for killers of whites,
Wolfinger was about 50 percent more likely to do so.Some leaders in the
minority community say the research confirms what they have asserted for
a long time.
Wolfinger’s only son is named Robert.
Robert Zimmerman is Robert Wolfinger’s godfather.