Legal Opinion

Houser v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided August 22, 1985No. 66074PublishedCited by 103 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

474 So.2d 1193 (1985)

Thomas Wayne HOUSER, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 66074.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 22, 1985.

Terry P. Lewis, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

EHRLICH, Justice.

The district court certified its opinion in this case to be in direct conflict with Vela v. State, 450 So.2d 305 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). It also certified three questions to be of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

A passenger in a car Houser was…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Ball v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Garrett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by103 opinions

  1. Carawan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  3. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  4. Bautista v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  5. Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001

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