State v. Powell

We have for review a decision passing upon the following question from the First District Court of Appeal certified to be of great public importance:

DOES THE "RULE OF CONSISTENCY" EXCEPTION, AS IT RELATES TO A JURY VERDICT IN A SINGLE CASE AND TRIAL WHERE ALL BUT ONE OF THE CO-CONSPIRATORS ARE ACQUITTED, REMAIN VIABLE IN FLORIDA FOLLOWING THE DECISIONS IN UNITED STATES v. POWELL, 469 U.S. 57 [105 S.Ct. 471, 83 L.Ed.2d 461] (1984) AND UNITED STATES v. ANDREWS, 850 F.2d 1557 (11TH CIR. 1988), CERT. DENIED, 488 U.S. 1032 [109 S.Ct. 842, 102 L.Ed.2d 974] (1989), THE LATTER OF WHICH OVERRULED…