EARNEST v. STATE

No. 51491.

351 So.2d 957 (1977)

Mae Helen EARNEST, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


ENGLAND, Justice.

The First District Court of Appeal has certified to us its recent decision1 concerning Florida's statute requiring a three year minimum jail sentence for possession of a firearm during the commission of certain specified crimes,2 indicating that in construing the statute to encompass aiders and abettors who are principals in the first degree to those crimes the court has passed on a question...

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