STATE v. BIAS

Nos. 83557, 83598.

653 So.2d 380 (1995)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gregory Stephen BIAS, Respondent. Gregory Stephen BIAS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Robert J. Krauss, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief of Criminal Law and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner/respondent.

Stevan T. Northcutt of Levine, Hirsch, Segall & Northcutt, P.A., Tampa, for respondent/petitioner.


WELLS, Justice.

We have for review the decision of Bias v. State, 634 So.2d 1120 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994), in which the district court certified the following questions to be of great public importance:

WHERE A DEFENDANT WHO HAS A MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT RAISES THE DEFENSE OF VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION, CAN A TRIAL COURT EXCLUDE EXPERT TESTIMONY ABOUT THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE DEFENDANT'S MENTAL DISEASE AND THE INTOXICANTS...

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