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STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 58324.

390 So.2d 715 (1980)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Heyward THOMPSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Gerald R. Hart, Jacksonville, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

The First District Court of Appeal has certified its decision in Thompson v. State, 378 So.2d 859 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979), as passing on a question of great public interest because that decision will affect a Florida standard jury instruction in criminal cases. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution (1972), and reverse the...

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