Case Name: Harold Eugene BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-03-15
Citations: 781 So. 2d 1083
Docket Number: No. SC00-721
Parties: Harold Eugene BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 781
Pages: 1083–1083

Head Matter:
Harold Eugene BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. SC00-721.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 15, 2001.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Richard M. Summa, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:
DO CONVICTIONS FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND FELONY CAUSING BODILY INJURY ON ACCOUNT OF THE SAME ACT AMOUNT TO DOUBLE JEOPARDY?
Brown v. State, 761 So.2d 1135 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4),- Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed, in Gordon v. State, 780 So.2d 17 (Fla.2001), we answer the certified question in the negative and approve the First District's decision.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion.