State v. Hezekiah

Full title: THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. MICHAEL ANTHONY HEZEKIAH, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 2, 1986

503 So. 2d 907 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 85-2885.

December 2, 1986.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Arthur I. Snyder, Judge.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calianne P. Lantz and Ralph Barreira, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Karen M. Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HENDRY and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Reversed on the authority of Zabrani v. Cowart, 502 So.2d 1257 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). We certify the following question to be of great public importance:

Whether Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191(i)(4) is applicable to a criminal case wherein the defendant is taken into custody prior to January 1, 1985, 12:01 A.M., the effective date of the above-stated rule.

Reversed.