PERKINS v. STATE

No. 86248.

682 So.2d 1083 (1996)

Houston D. PERKINS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Houston D. Perkins, pro se, Lowell; and Kathryn L. Sands of Kathryn L. Sands, P.A., Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief—Criminal Appeals and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

We have for review Perkins v. State, 630 So.2d 1180 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). We accepted jurisdiction to answer the following question certified to be of great public importance:1

DO THE 1982 AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 810, FLORIDA STATUTES, SUPERSEDE THE COMMON LAW DEFINITION OF A DWELLING, WHEREBY A STRUCTURE'S DESIGN OR SUITABILITY FOR HABITATION, RATHER THAN ACTUAL OCCUPANCY OR...

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