Newton v. State

Full title: JERRY D. NEWTON, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court: Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Feb 27, 1992

594 So. 2d 307 (Fla. 1992)

Opinion

No. 78185.

February 27, 1992.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Case No. 90-1817 (Broward County) — Direct Conflict of Decisions.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler and James J. Carney, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We approve Newton v. State, 581 So.2d 212 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), on the authority of Burdick v. State, 594 So.2d 267 (Fla. 1992).

It is so ordered.

SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, BARKETT, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.