COMBS v. STATE

No. 62834.

436 So.2d 93 (1983)

Melvin J. COMBS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard H. Babb, Jr., Public Defender and Laura Melvin, Asst. Public Defender, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Ocala, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Evelyn D. Golden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


BOYD, Justice.

We have for review a decision of a district court of appeal, Combs v. State, 420 So.2d 316 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982), which announced as a rule of law that a district court of appeal can review by certiorari appellate decisions of circuit courts only if they have the effect of denying appellate review. Since we find this rule of law to be in direct conflict with the rule...

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