Crawford v. State

491 So.2d 1142 (1986)

Art CRAWFORD, Jr., Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 66808.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 17, 1986.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joy B. Shearer and Eddie J. Bell, Assts. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

We have for review Crawford v. State, 473 So.2d 700 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). In that decision, the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

May the harmless error doctrine be…