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State v. McInnis

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 26, 1996
686 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1996)

Opinion

No. 87915.

December 26, 1996.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance, Fourth District — Case No. 94-2792, Broward County.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Senior Assistant Attorney General and Sarah B. Mayer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent.


We have for review McInnis v. State, 671 So.2d 803 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), wherein the district court certified as questions of great public importance the same questions before this Court in State v. Wilson, No. 87,575 (Fla. Dec. 26, 1996), concerning the trial court's preliminary comments on reasonable doubt. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We quash McInnis based on Wilson.

It is so ordered.

KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. McInnis

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 26, 1996
686 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1996)
Case details for

State v. McInnis

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, vs. JAMES McINNIS, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Dec 26, 1996

Citations

686 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1996)