TUCKER v. STATE

No. 62683.

459 So.2d 306 (1984)

Melvee TUCKER, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondent.


EHRLICH, Justice.

This cause, reported at 417 So.2d 1006 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), is before the Court on a question certified as being of great public importance. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

On December 15, 1977, Tucker was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Harold Rosenbaum, which had occurred on June 11, 1974...

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