STATE v. POWELL

No. 86561.

674 So.2d 731 (1996)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Cynthia Lynn POWELL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief—Criminal Appeals, and Carolyn J. Mosley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Christopher R. DeMetros of the Law Offices of Matthews & DeMetros, P.A., Jacksonville, for Respondent.


KOGAN, Justice.

We have for review a decision passing upon the following question from the First District Court of Appeal certified to be of great public importance:

DOES THE "RULE OF CONSISTENCY" EXCEPTION, AS IT RELATES TO A JURY VERDICT IN A SINGLE CASE AND TRIAL WHERE ALL BUT ONE OF THE CO-CONSPIRATORS ARE ACQUITTED, REMAIN VIABLE IN FLORIDA FOLLOWING THE DECISIONS IN UNITED STATES v. POWELL, 469 U.S. 57 [105 S.Ct...

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