State v. Phillips

463 So.2d 1136 (1985)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Irene Yvonne PHILLIPS, Respondent.

No. 64547.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 7, 1985.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for petitioner.

Gwendolyn Spivey and Michael J. Minerva, Asst. Public Defenders, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondent.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This cause is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Phillips v. State, 438 So.2d 886 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983), pursuant to a question certified as being of great public importance. We have…