STATE v. STEVENS

No. 88890.

694 So.2d 731 (1997)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Sammy STEVENS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals and Mark C. Menser, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Leo A. Thomas of Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A., Pensacola, for Respondent.


WELLS, Justice.

We have for review a decision addressing the following question certified to be of great public importance:

MAY A GROUND FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL BE ASSERTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A POST-TRIAL MOTION PURSUANT TO RULE 3.380(c)?

Stevens v. State, 680 So.2d 569, 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer the certified question in the affirmative...

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