Opinion
Nos. 47247, 47248.
July 30, 1975.
Writs of Certiorari to District Court of Appeal, Fourth District.
Sherman N. Smith, Jr. of Smith, Heath Smith, Vero Beach, and Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioners.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Elton H. Schwarz, Public Defender, and Russell J. Ferraro, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for respondents.
Jeanne Dawes Schwartz, Public Defender, and Alan R. Parlapiano, Asst. Public Defender, for the Eighth Judicial Circuit, amicus curiae.
During the pendency of this litigation, this Court on July 11, 1975, adopted a general statewide rule relating to electronic court reporting which renders moot the certified question, sub judice. Accordingly, the decisions of the District Court of Appeal and of the trial court are vacated and the cause remanded to the District Court of Appeal with instructions to remand to the trial court with directions to reconsider the matter in light of the rule adopted by this Court, supra.
It is so ordered.
ADKINS, C.J., and ROBERTS, BOYD, OVERTON, ENGLAND and SUNDBERG, JJ., concur.