Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 28, 1992No. 77239PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

601 So.2d 219 (1992)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Sinclair JOHNSON, Respondent.

No. 77239.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 28, 1992.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Virlindia Doss, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Clyde M. Collins, Jr., Jacksonville, for respondent.

GRIMES, Justice.

We review Johnson v. State, 572 So.2d 957, 959 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), in which the court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

IS THE STATE ENTITLED TO HAVE JURY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON CATEGORY 2 INCLUDED LESSER OFFENSES, IN…

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

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Carawan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  3. Wilcott v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  4. State v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  5. Bell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  2. Grim v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  3. Michelson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  4. State v. GibsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  5. Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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