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State v. Kenny

Supreme Court of Florida
Nov 7, 1991
587 So. 2d 1322 (Fla. 1991)

Opinion

No. 77611.

November 7, 1991.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict of Decisions; Second District — No. 90-02325 (Pinellas County).

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and David R. Gemmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Robert D. Rosen, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for respondent.


We have for review State v. Kenny, 576 So.2d 302 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), based on express and direct conflict with Carter v. State, 571 So.2d 520 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), Flowers v. State, 567 So.2d 1055 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990), and Walker v. State, 546 So.2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We recently quashed Flowers and Carter and approved cases that reached the same result as the court below. Flowers v. State, 586 So.2d 1058 (Fla. 1991); Carter v. State, 586 So.2d 340 (Fla. 1991); State v. Worley, 586 So.2d 338 (Fla. 1991). Accordingly, the opinion below is approved. We disapprove the opinion in Walker.

It is so ordered.

SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, BARKETT, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Kenny

Supreme Court of Florida
Nov 7, 1991
587 So. 2d 1322 (Fla. 1991)
Case details for

State v. Kenny

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. MATTHEW KENNY, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Nov 7, 1991

Citations

587 So. 2d 1322 (Fla. 1991)