Legal Opinion

State v. Slappy

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 10, 1988No. 70331PublishedCited by 304 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

522 So.2d 18 (1988)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Charles SLAPPY, Respondent.

No. 70331.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 10, 1988.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.

Michael H. Tarkoff of Flynn and Tarkoff, Miami, for respondent.

BARKETT, Justice.

We have for review Slappy v. State, 503 So.2d 350 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), based on express and direct conflict with Blackshear v. State, 504 So.2d 1330 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We approve the decision below.

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880

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3Cited by304 opinions

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