State v. Safford

484 So.2d 1244 (1986)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Sandy SAFFORD, Respondent.

No. 66730.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 20, 1986.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Henry H. Harnage, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether our decision in State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla. 1984), is to be applied to cases where the jury was selected prior to Neil, but the cases were not finalized. These have been…