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610 So. 2d 433

610 So.2d 433

17 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 749

Dugger v. Hubbard

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 10, 1992

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1992-12-10

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1993

1 state decisions

Relies on 610 So. 2d 428 - Dugger v. Grant · 590 So. 2d 1031 - Hubbard v. Dugger

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Decided 1992-12-10

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OVERTON, Justice.

¶1In Hubbard v. Dugger, 590 So.2d 1031, 1032 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), the First District Court of Appeal certified the following question as one of great public importance:

MAY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RELY ON INFORMATION TAKEN FROM AN ARREST REPORT WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE [PRE-SENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT] AS THE SOLE BASIS FOR DETERMINING AN INMATE’S ELIGIBILITY FOR PROVISIONAL CREDITS PURSUANT TO SECTION 944.277, FLORIDA STATUTES[?]

¶2Wé have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution.

¶3We answered the identical question in the affirmative in Dugger v. Grant, 610 So.2d 428 (Fla.1992). In accordance with that decision, we quash the decision of the district court in the instant case.

¶4It is so ordered.

McDonald, GRIMES and HARDING, JJ., concur.KOGAN, J., dissents with an opinion, in which BARKETT, C.J., and SHAW, J., concur.
KOGAN, Justice,

¶5dissenting.

¶6I respectfully dissent. I would answer the question certified in the negative and approve the decision below for the reasons stated in my dissent in Dugger v. Grant, 610 So.2d 428 (Fla.1992).

¶7BARKETT, C.J., and SHAW, J., concur.

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