SAPP v. STATE

No. 86622.

690 So.2d 581 (1997)

Robert SAPP, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Miller of Corse, Bell & Miller, P.A., Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Raymond L. Marky, Special Assistant State Attorney, Special Counsel, Tallahassee; and Arthur I. Jacobs, General Counsel, Fernandina Beach, for The Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Amicus Curiae.


GRIMES, Justice.

We have for review Sapp v. State, 660 So.2d 1146, 1151 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), in which the district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

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