ANDERSON v. STATE

No. 84345.

655 So.2d 1118 (1995)

Steven Jerome ANDERSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Phil Patterson, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Crim. Appeals and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


GRIMES, Chief Justice.

We have for review Anderson v. State, 642 So.2d 109 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994), in which the First District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance:

CAN HEARSAY TESTIMONY RELATING TO STATEMENTS MADE BY AN INCOMPETENT WITNESS CONSTITUTE LEGALLY SUFFICIENT PROOF AS THE SOLE EVIDENCE OF THE COMMISSION OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE WHERE THE TRIAL COURT HAS MADE NO FINDING...

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