PICKEL v. STATE

No. 4D07-240.

32 So.3d 638 (2009)

Norman PICKEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

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