Case Name: Ronald D'AMATO, Petitioner, v. Honorable Ellen J. MORPHONIOS, etc., Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-03-27
Citations: 381 So. 2d 1355
Docket Number: No. 54447
Parties: Ronald D’AMATO, Petitioner, v. Honorable Ellen J. MORPHONIOS, etc., Respondent.
Judges: ENGLAND, C. J., OVERTON, SUND-BERG and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 381
Pages: 1355–1356

Head Matter:
Ronald D’AMATO, Petitioner, v. Honorable Ellen J. MORPHONIOS, etc., Respondent.
No. 54447.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 27, 1980.
Eugene P. Spellman and Denis Dean, Sr. of the Law Offices of Eugene P. Spellman, Miami, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Janet Reno, State’s Atty., and Stephen V. Rosin, Asst. State’s Atty., Miami, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
By petition for writ of certiorari we are asked to review a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, reported at 358 So.2d 1119, which conflicts with State v. Powell, 343 So.2d 892 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution.
Judge Hubbart's majority opinion below is characteristically lucid and comprehensive. We therefore adopt it as the decision of this Court.
Accordingly, the petition for writ of cer-tiorari is granted, and the decision of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, is approved. To the extent that the decision in State v. Powell is inconsistent, it is hereby disapproved.
It is so ordered.
ENGLAND, C. J., OVERTON, SUND-BERG and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.
ADKINS, J., concurs specially with an opinion, with which BOYD, J., concurs.