State v. Grissom

SHAW, Justice.

The following question has been certified as being of great public importance:

Has the Supreme Court of Florida, by its agreement in State v. Murray, 443 So.2d 955 (Fla.1984), with the analysis of the supervisory powers of appellate courts as related to the harmless error rule as set forth in United States v. Hasting, 461 U.S. 499, 103 S.Ct. 1974, 76 L.Ed.2d 96 (1983), receded from the per se rule of reversal explicated in Harris v. State, 438 So.2d 787 (Fla.1983), David v. State, 369 So.2d 943 (Fla.1979), and Trafficante v. State, 92 So.2d 811 (Fla.1957)?

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