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Bowen v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jan 6, 2000
752 So. 2d 559 (Fla. 2000)

Opinion

No. SC96357.

Opinion filed January 6, 2000.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Direct Conflict of Decisions, Fourth District — Case No. 4D98-3578 (Palm Beach County).

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Allen J. DeWeese, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, and Marrett W. Hanna, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent.


We have for review the opinion in Bowen v. State, 736 So.2d 1283 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), which certified conflict with the opinions in State v. Holland, 689 So.2d 1268 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), and State v. Perry, 716 So.2d 327 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed in our opinion in Hayes v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly S467 (Fla. Oct. 7, 1999), the decision of the Fourth District is hereby quashed. We remand to the district court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

It is so ordered.

HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Bowen v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jan 6, 2000
752 So. 2d 559 (Fla. 2000)
Case details for

Bowen v. State

Case Details

Full title:CHRISTOPHER L. BOWEN, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jan 6, 2000

Citations

752 So. 2d 559 (Fla. 2000)