Johnson v. State

501 So.2d 158 (1987)

James Farrell JOHNSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 85-2456.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 23, 1987.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and N. Joseph Durant, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

"The quality of mercy... becomes The throned monarch better than his crown."

W. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice IV.i.

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