GODWIN v. STATE

No. 75881.

593 So.2d 211 (1992)

Shirley GODWIN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender and Lynn A. Williams, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Kathleen E. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


HARDING, Judge.

We have for plenary review Godwin v. State, 557 So.2d 955, 956 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), which certified the following question of great public importance:

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING REVIEW OF AN ORDER OF INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THAT COMMITMENT PRIOR TO DISPOSITION OF THE APPEAL ON THE MERITS, WHAT SHOWING MUST SHE MAKE TO AVOID DISMISSAL OF THE APPEAL ON GROUNDS OF MOOTNESS?

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