STATE v. ESTEVEZ

No. 93,467.

753 So.2d 1 (1999)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Luis Manuel ESTEVEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Maya Saxena, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioner.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, for Respondent.


ANSTEAD, J.

We have for review Estevez v. State, 713 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998), based upon the following certified question of great public importance:

DOES THE ABSENCE OF A SPECIFIC FINDING BY THE JURY ON THE VERDICT FORM THAT THE DEFENDANT IS GUILTY OF COCAINE TRAFFICKING IN AN AMOUNT OF 400 GRAMS OR MORE, IN THE FACE OF UNCONTROVERTED EVIDENCE THAT THE AMOUNT AT ISSUE EXCEEDED 400 GRAMS, PRECLUDE IMPOSITION...

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