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BUTTERWORTH v. CAGGIANO

No. 78377.

605 So.2d 56 (1992)

Robert A. BUTTERWORTH, etc., Petitioner, v. Louis A. CAGGIANO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Roberta Fox, Keith P. Vanden Dooren, Steven H. Parton and J. Mark Kraus, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Joseph A. Eustace, Jr. of Anthony J. LaSpada, P.A., Tampa, for respondent.

Robert Augustus Harper, Chairman, Tallahassee, James T. Miller, Co-Chairman, Jacksonville, George E. Tragos, FACDL President, Clearwater, and Robert S. Griscti of Turner & Griscti, P.A., Gainesville, amicus curiae for Florida Ass'n of Crim. Defense Lawyers.

BARKETT, Chief Justice.

We have for review Caggiano v. Butterworth, 583 So.2d 347, 348 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), in which the district court certified the following question of great public importance:1

Whether forfeiture of homestead under the RICO Act is forbidden by article X, section 4 of the Florida Constitution?

We answer the certified question in the affirmative and approve...

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