Legal Opinion
State v. Beasley
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 9, 1991No. 76102PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
580 So.2d 139 (1991)
STATE of Florida, Petitioner,
v.
Gary Stephen BEASLEY, Respondent.
No. 76102.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 9, 1991.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief-Criminal Appeals, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Allen J. DeWeese, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for respondent.
McDONALD, Justice.
We review Beasley v. State, 565 So.2d 721, 722-23 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), in which the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:
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