STATE v. SAVINO

No. 75049.

567 So.2d 892 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Joseph SAVINO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Allen J. DeWeese, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


McDONALD, Justice.

We review Savino v. State, 555 So.2d 1237, 1240 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), in which the district court certified the following questions as being of great public importance:

May a defendant show that someone other than himself committed the crime for which he is charged by introducing evidence that another person with an opportunity to commit the crime charged, committed a similar crime by similar methods...

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