El-Ra-Sul v. State

This is an appeal from a denial of motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. As grounds for relief appellant alleged that the trial court erred in finding that the decision of this court in Phillips v. State, 438 So.2d 886 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983), was not binding because the issue in Phillips had been certified to the Florida Supreme Court as a question of great public importance. We reverse, but as in Phillips we certify the instant case as presenting a question of great public importance.

In Phillips, and in the instant case, the respective…