TORRES v. STATE

No. 73699.

548 So.2d 660 (1989)

Antonio TORRES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert M. Mack, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), of the Florida Constitution, we accepted review of Torres v. State, 541 So.2d 1224 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989), wherein the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance.

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