Legal Opinion

Torres v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 14, 1989No. 73699PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

548 So.2d 660 (1989)

Antonio TORRES, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 73699.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 14, 1989.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert M. Mack, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.

2Per curiam

Pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), of the Florida Constitution, we accepted review of Torres v. State, 541 So.2d 1224 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989), wherein the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance.

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3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. State v. NeilSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  3. Kibler v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  4. Torres v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

4Cited by5 opinions

  1. Sanchez-Basulto v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Cox v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  3. Eichelberger v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  4. Robinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  5. Montgomery v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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