Morris v. State

Full title: WILFORD MORRIS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 14, 1982

412 So. 2d 431 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

Opinion

No. 80-1933.

April 14, 1982.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Broward County; Leroy H. Moe, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mark Horn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

REVERSED on the authority of Bell v. State, 394 So.2d 979 (Fla. 1981), and remanded for a new trial.

REVERSED.

LETTS, C.J., and BERANEK, J., concur.

OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Associate Judge (Retired), dissents with opinion.

OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Associate Judge (Retired), dissenting:

I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Holmes v. State, 412 So.2d 429 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).