Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 30, 2003No. SC01-2465PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
838 So.2d 554 (2003)
Winyatta BUTLER, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. SC01-2465.
Supreme Court of Florida.
January 30, 2003.
Caroline E. Kravath, Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc., Gainesville, FL, for Petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan and Pamela J. Koller, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.
WELLS, J.
We have for review a decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal on the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance:
MAY A TRIAL COURT SENTENCE A DEFENDANT TO A TERM IN…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carawan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- Maddox v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
- Sharer v. Hotel Corporation of AmericaSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
- Trushin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
- PALM HARBOR SP. FIRE CONTROL D. v. KellySupreme Court of Florida · 1987
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3Cited by46 opinions
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