GOODWIN v. STATE

Nos. 93,491, 93,805.

751 So.2d 537 (1999)

David GOODWIN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. Herbert Jones, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida; and Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Paula S. Saunders, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia A. Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, Chief, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida; and James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, and Carolyn M. Snurkowski and Denise O. Simpson, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondents.


PARIENTE, J.

We consolidate these cases because the Fourth District in Goodwin v. State, 721 So.2d 728, 731 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), and the First District in Jones v. State, 715 So.2d 378, 378 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998), both certified the following question as one of great public importance:

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