Case Name: Jack LAVATT a/k/a Jack Levatt, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-06-25
Citations: 316 So. 2d 261
Docket Number: No. 46244
Parties: Jack LAVATT a/k/a Jack Levatt, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: ADKINS, C. J., and ROBERTS and McCAIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 316
Pages: 261–262

Head Matter:
Jack LAVATT a/k/a Jack Levatt, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 46244.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 25, 1975.
James A. Gardner, Public Defender, and Robert T. Benton, II, and Harold H. Moore, Asst. Public Defenders, for petitioner.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Mary Jo M. Gallay, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
OVERTON, Justice.
This cause is here on petition for certio-rari, supported by certificate of the Second District Court of Appeal 300 So.2d 300 that its decision is one which involves a question of great public interest, specifically whether Rule 3.390, FRCrP, mandatorily requires a trial judge to include, when requested, in the instructions to the jury the penalty fixed by law for the offense for which the accused is charged.
Subsequent to the filing of this petition, we answered that question in the negative in Johnson v. State, 308 So.2d 38 (Fla.1975).
The identical question having been answered, the writ is hereby discharged on the basis of Johnson v. State, supra.
ADKINS, C. J., and ROBERTS and McCAIN, JJ., concur.
ENGLAND, J., concurs with an opinion.