Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
488 So.2d 62 (1986)
Ralph Cortez WILLIAMS, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 67217.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 1, 1986.
Rhonda S. Martinec of Daniel, Komarek and Martinec, Chartered, Panama City, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gregory S. Costas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.
2Per curiam
We review Williams v. State, 468 So.2d 335 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), to answer two certified questions of great public importance.[1] We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
Petitioner was charged with attempted first-degree murder of his estranged wife. The evidence showed that…
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