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PHOENIX v. STATE

No. 63535.

455 So.2d 1024 (1984)

Michael Harrison PHOENIX, Steven Michael Trusz, Morton Neal Hall, Jr., and Richard Hale, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max P. Engel of the Law Offices of Max P. Engel, Miami, for petitioners.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Marlyn J. Altman, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

BOYD, Justice.

We have for review a decision of a district court of appeal, State v. Phoenix, 428 So.2d 262 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), certified by that court as involving a question of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. The certified question concerns the scope of the authority of law enforcement officers to conduct citizen's arrests. We approve the decision below which held that...

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