Case Title: Zabrani v. Cowart

Citation: 506 So. 2d 1035

Docket Number: 69744

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1987-04-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
506 So. 2d 1035 (1987)
Iqbal ZABRANI, Petitioner,
v.
Edward D. COWART, Judge, Etc., Respondent.
No. 69744.

Supreme Court of Florida.
April 30, 1987.
Mark King Leban of the Law Offices of Mark King Leban, P.A., Miami, and Stanford Blake, Miami, for petitioner.
Janet Reno, State Atty., and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. State Atty., Miami, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution, to answer a certified question of great public importance:
Zabrani v. Cowart, 502 So. 2d 1257 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). We adopted the reasoning of the Zabrani court and answered the question posed here affirmatively in Bloom v. *1036 McKnight, 502 So. 2d 422 (Fla. 1987). We approve the decision below.
It is so ordered.
McDONALD, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.