Legal Opinion

Potts v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 10, 1998No. 91393PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

718 So.2d 757 (1998)

Joseph Henry POTTS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 91393.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 10, 1998.

Gary S. Israel, West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Respondent.

SHAW, Justice.

We have for review Potts v. State, 698 So.2d 315 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997), based on conflict with Dortch v. State, 651 So.2d 154 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We approve the result in Potts as explained herein.

Joseph Henry Potts was charged…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Melbourne v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  5. Willacy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997

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3Cited by29 opinions

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