State v. Slattery

999 So.2d 1063 (2009)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Kevin SLATTERY, Respondent.

No. SC07-231.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 15, 2009.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

C. Michael Barnette, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.

LEWIS, J.

We have for review Slattery v. State, 995 So.2d 515 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified a question of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We stayed proceedings in this case…