Opinion
No. SC95325.
Opinion filed June 22, 2000.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict Third District — Case No. 3D97-2002, (Dade County).
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Michael J. Neimand, Bureau Chief, and Christine E. Zahralban, Miami, Florida, for Respondent
We have for review the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Jordan v. State, 728 So.2d 748 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998), based on direct and express conflict. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. For the reasons stated in Maddox v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S367 (Fla. May 11, 1999), we approve the Third District's decision in this case.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., concur.