Howard v. State

We have for review a decision certifying the following question to be of great public importance:

DOES THE DECISION IN CONEY IV. STATE, 653 So.2d 1009 (Fla.), cert, denied,,-— U.S. , 116 S.Ct. 315, 133 L.Ed.2d 218 (1995) ] APPLY TO “PIPELINE CASES,” THAT IS, THOSE OF SIMILARLY SITUATED DEFENDANTS WHOSE CASES WERE PENDING ON DIRECT REVIEW OR NOT YET FINAL DURING THE TIME CONEY WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION BUT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE OPINION?

Howard v. State, 670 So.2d 1149, 1149 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We answered this question in Boyett v. State,…