State v. Williams

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. BRIAN TULLIS WILLIAMS, RESPONDENT

Court: Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jun 11, 1992

599 So. 2d 998 (Fla. 1992)

Opinion

No. 79260.

June 11, 1992.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance, First District — Case No. 90-1335 (Escambia County).

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Bradley R. Bischoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondent.

OVERTON, Justice.

We quash the decision of the district court in Williams v. State, 591 So.2d 948 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), on the authority of State v. Barnes, 595 So.2d 22 (Fla. 1992),¹ and remand for further proceedings consistent with our decision in Barnes.

1 The 1989 amendment to section 775.084(1)(a)1, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1988), did not change the plain meaning of the statute.

It is so ordered.

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