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RITCHIE v. STATE

No. 85358.

670 So.2d 924 (1996)

Randall Evan RITCHIE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Saundra G. Swift, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals and Douglas Gurnic, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

WELLS, Justice.

We have for review Ritchie v. State, 651 So.2d 167 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), presenting the following question certified to be of great public importance:

WHETHER A CHILD, CHARGED WITH AN OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH OR LIFE IMPRISONMENT, BUT FOUND GUILTY OF A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE, PUNISHABLE BY A TERM OF YEARS NOT EXCEEDING LIFE, MUST BE SENTENCED AS AN ADULT WITHOUT THE PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS AFFORDED...

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