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PERKINS v. STATE

No. 75990.

576 So.2d 1310 (1991)

Marcus PERKINS, et al., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defenders, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Janet Reno, State Atty., and Richard L. Shiffrin, Asst. State Atty., Miami, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We have for review State v. Perkins, 558 So.2d 537 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), which certified a question of great public importance1:

Is the defense of self defense available for a killing that occurred when both the defendant and the decedent were engaged in an attempt to traffic in cocaine and the decedent was the first to use deadly force?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V...

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