BUTLER v. STATE

No. 68,021.

493 So.2d 451 (1986)

Daniel R. BUTLER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Michael J. Minerva, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Andrea Smith Hillyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


ADKINS, Justice.

We have for review Butler v. State, 476 So.2d 1334 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), which expressly and directly conflicts with prior decisions of other district courts of appeal and this Court. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We quash the district court's opinion.

Daniel Butler is the father of a baby girl named Danielle. The mother, Christie Johnson, had been Butler's girlfriend for...

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