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STATE v. STURDIVANT

No. SC10-1791.

94 So.3d 434 (2012)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Robert N. STURDIVANT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Charmaine M. Millsaps , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Nancy A. Daniels , Public Defender, and Paula S. Saunders , Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

PARIENTE, J.

The issue in this case is whether the merger doctrine precludes a first-degree felony-murder conviction predicated on a single act of aggravated child abuse that caused the child's death. In Sturdivant v. State, 84 So.3d 1044 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), the First District Court of Appeal certified to this Court a question as one of great public importance, asking whether this Court's decision in Brooks v. State,...

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