Taylor v. State

Full title: RAYMOND ELLIS TAYLOR, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, ET AL., RESPONDENTS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Aug 27, 1987

511 So. 2d 748 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 87-878.

August 27, 1987.

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Raymond Ellis Taylor, in pro. per.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Pamela D. Cichon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We find this case indistinguishable from Johnson v. Wainwright, 498 So.2d 938 (Fla. 1986), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 107 S.Ct. 1894, 95 L.Ed.2d 500 (1987), and, therefore, grant Taylor's petition for writ of habeas corpus, reverse his convictions, vacate his sentences, and remand this cause for a new trial.

WRIT ISSUED; REVERSED and REMANDED.

DAUKSCH and COBB, JJ., concur.

ORFINGER, J., dissents, without opinion.