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708 So. 2d 276

Docket No. 90677.

State v. Gantorius

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Stacy GANTORIUS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 26, 1998.

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1998-03-26

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently April 2005

3 state decisions

Relies on Witt v. State · 660 So. 2d 1371 - State v. Iacovone · 693 So. 2d 1040 - Gantorius v. State

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Decided 1998-03-26

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¶1*277 Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Roberta G. Mandel, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Petitioner.

¶2Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Julie M. Levitt, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for Respondent.

¶3SHAW, Justice.

¶4We have for review Gantorius v. State,693 So.2d 1040 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), wherein the district court certified the following question:

DOES THE HOLDING OF STATE V. IACOVONE,660 So.2d 1371 (Fla.1995) SATISFY THE TEST OF WITT V. STATE,387 So.2d 922 (Fla.1980), FOR RETROACTIVE APPLICATION?

¶5We have jurisdiction. Art. V., § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answered this question in the affirmative in State v. Stevens, No. 90,524, ___ So.2d ___ (Fla. Mar. 26, 1998). We approve Gantorius.

¶6It is so ordered.

¶7KOGAN, C.J., OVERTON, HARDING and ANSTEAD, JJ., and GRIMES, Senior Justice, concur.

¶8WELLS, J., dissents.

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