Mathis v. State

We have for review the following question certified to be of great public importance:

DOES THE DECISION IN CONEY V. STATE, 653 So.2d 1009 (Fla.) cert, denied, — U.S. —, 116 S.Ct. 315, 133 L.Ed.2d 218 (1995), APPLY TO “PIPELINE CASES,” THAT IS, THOSE OF SIMILARLY SITUATED DEFENDANTS WHOSE CASES WERE PENDING ON DIRECT APPEAL OR OTHERWISE NOT YET FINAL WHEN THE OPINION WAS RELEASED?

Mathis v. State, 675 So.2d 1027, 1028 (Fla.App.1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We answered this question in Boyett v. State, 668 So.2d 308 (Fla.1996). We acknowl*335edged there that we had…