PER CURIAM:
Petitioner, Larry Shields, was convicted in 1980 of burglary and kidnapping. He was given consecutive life sentences for each offense. Shields was convicted of kidnapping under subsection 787.01(1)(a), 2 Fla.Stat. (1979), which makes it unlawful to confine another person with the intent to commit or facilitate the commission of any felony.
At the time of Shield's trial, no Florida court had yet interpreted the 1979 kidnapping statute. Subsequent...
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