BLAIR v. STATE

No. 87509.

698 So.2d 1210 (1997)

Lance H. BLAIR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief; and Michelle A. Konig and Sharon A. Wood, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


ANSTEAD, Justice.

We have for review Blair v. State, 667 So.2d 834 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), a case for which we accepted jurisdiction to answer the following questions which were certified to be of great public importance:

DO THE FLORIDA AND UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONS PERMIT A DEFENDANT TO WAIVE HIS RIGHT TO A SIX-MEMBER JURY AND AGREE TO BE TRIED BY A FIVE-MEMBER JURY IN...

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