THOMPSON v. STATE

No. SC07-489.

990 So.2d 482 (2008)

Melvin B. THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, and Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, Christine A. Guard, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.


ANSTEAD, J.

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Thompson v. State (Thompson II), 949 So.2d 1169 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). The district court certified that its decision is in direct conflict with the decisions of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Goines v. State, 708 So.2d 656

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