STATE v. LANIER

No. 64853.

464 So.2d 1192 (1985)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jerome LANIER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Diane Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for respondent.


ADKINS, Justice.

The following question has been certified as being of great public importance:

MAY A DEFENDANT WHO IS CHARGED BY INFORMATION ALLEGING THAT HE DID UNLAWFULLY HANDLE, FONDLE OR MAKE AN ASSAULT UPON A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL `BY ENGAGING IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE' BE CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF SECTION 800.04, FLORIDA STATUTES (1981), WHERE THE UNDISPUTED FACTS REVEAL THAT THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD WAS PREVIOUSLY...

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