State v. Walcott

472 So.2d 741 (1985)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Randall WALCOTT, Respondent.

No. 66391.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 3, 1985.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and W. Brian Bayly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Lucinda H. Young, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for respondent.

ALDERMAN, Justice.

We review the decision of the District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, in Walcott v. State, 460 So.2d 915, 917 (Fla.5th DCA 1984), which certified the following question to be of great public importance:

Whether, by operation of the contemporaneous…