Case Name: Salvador F. MUSTELIER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-04-18
Citations: 550 So. 2d 1124
Docket Number: No. 86-3211
Parties: Salvador F. MUSTELIER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 550
Pages: 1124–1125

Head Matter:
Salvador F. MUSTELIER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-3211.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 18, 1989.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Henry H. Harnage, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Salvador F. Mustelier's convictions are reversed, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for a new trial on all charges upon the authority of Rodriguez-Acosta v. State, 548 So.2d 248 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Griffith v. State, 548 So.2d 244 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); and Jones v. State, 548 So.2d 244 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989).
We certify the following question to the supreme court as one of great public importance:
IS A TWELVE-PERSON JURY REQUIRED IN A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CASE IN WHICH THE PROSECUTION WAIVES THE DEATH PENALTY?
Reversed and remanded for a new trial; question certified.