State of Florida v. Earvin Smith
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtLawson, J.
This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Smith v. State , 211 So.3d 176 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016), which passed upon the following question and certified it to this Court as a question of great public importance:
Must a defendant[ ] who claims that the offense as charged in the information is barred by the statute of limitations[ ] raise the issue in the trial court in order to preserve the issue for direct appeal?
Id. at 187. We have jurisdiction, art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const., and answer the certified question in the affirmative.
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