Brown v. State

487 So.2d 1073 (1986)

Ronnie D. BROWN, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 66921.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 8, 1986.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Larry G. Bryant, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gregory G. Costas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

We accepted jurisdiction to answer a certified question of the district court of appeal in this case. Brown v. State, 464 So.2d 193 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). The court posed the following question:

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