HARRIS v. STATE

No. 70983.

531 So.2d 1349 (1988)

Byron Anthony HARRIS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit; and David P. Gauldin, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review Harris v. State, 509 So.2d 1299 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), in which the district court approved an upward departure sentence for unarmed robbery, kidnapping, and two counts of sexual battery on the basis of an extraordinary amount of emotional trauma. The district court certified the following question of great public importance:

Whether a defendant's infliction of an extraordinary...

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