Gaston v. State

950 So.2d 397 (2007)

Mario GASTON, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. SC05-1901.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 8, 2007.

Jerrard B. Cutrone, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Jill Kramer Traina, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Respondent.

PARIENTE, J.

We have for review State v. Gaston, 911 So.2d 257 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005), in which the Third District Court of Appeal certified conflict with Green v. State, 895 So.2d 441 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005), quashed, 944 So.2d 208 (Fla.2006). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

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