Legal Opinion

Scates v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 23, 1992No. 78533PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

603 So.2d 504 (1992)

Carrick A. SCATES, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 78533.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 23, 1992.

Norliza Batts of the Law Offices of Norliza Batts, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler, Bureau Chief, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Dawn S. Wynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

2Per curiam

We review State v. Scates, 585 So.2d 385, 386 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), in which the court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

MAY A TRIAL COURT PROPERLY DEPART FROM THE MINIMUM MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF…

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3Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Lambert v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  2. Burch v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. Wakulla County v. DavisSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Herrin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1946

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4Cited by51 opinions

  1. McKendry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. MacK v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  3. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  4. Ogden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  5. Cabal v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996

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