STATE v. BLANTON

No. SC07-815.

999 So.2d 1061 (2009)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Henry BLANTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.


LEWIS, J.

We have for review Blanton v. State, 956 So.2d 480 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified a question of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Martinez v. State, 981 So.2d 449 (Fla.2008). When our decision in

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