Skipper v. State

420 So.2d 877 (1982)

Joe Henry SKIPPER, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 61121.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 7, 1982.

Joseph S. Farley, Jr., of Mahon, Mahon & Farley, Jacksonville, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

ADKINS, Justice.

We have for review a decision by the District Court of Appeal, First District (Skipper v. State, 400 So.2d 797 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)), which expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of another district court of appeal or of this Court on the same question of law. We have…