State v. Rodriguez-Acosta

561 So.2d 531 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Gabriel RODRIGUEZ-ACOSTA, Respondent.

No. 73997.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 29, 1990.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and Sharon Jacobs Brown, Sp. Asst. Public Defender of Sharon Jacobs Brown, P.A., Miami, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

We review Rodriguez-Acosta v. State, 548 So.2d 248, 249 n. 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989), in which the district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

Wh…