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BROWARD COUNTY v. STATE

No. 89989.

699 So.2d 1352 (1997)

BROWARD COUNTY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Michael T. Rivera, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Copelan, Jr., County Attorney; Anthony C. Musto, Chief Appellate Counsel and Tamara M. Scrudders, Assistant County Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Sara D. Baggett and Celia A. Terenzio, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach; Michael J. Satz, State Attorney and Susan Bailey, Assistant State Attorney, Fort Lauderdale; and Gail E. Anderson, Assistant CCR, Office of Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

Broward County filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Fourth District Court of Appeal, which transferred the petition to this Court as involving a prisoner (respondent Rivera) under sentence of death. We have jurisdiction under our "plenary and exclusive appellate authority over cases involving death sentences,"1 and treat the present petition as a direct appeal from the trial court's order at issue.

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