Case Name: Edward BEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-09-04
Citations: 493 So. 2d 453
Docket Number: No. 66,483
Parties: Edward BEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: McDonald, C.J., and ADKINS, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 493
Pages: 453–454

Head Matter:
Edward BEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 66,483.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Sept. 4, 1986.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Clearwater, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Robert J. Landry and Theda James Davis, Asst. At-tys. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.

Opinion:
OVERTON, Justice.
We accepted jurisdiction in this cause, reported as Ben v. State, 461 So.2d 286 (Fla.2d DCA 1985), on the basis of conflict with Montsdoca v. State, 84 Fla. 82, 93 So. 157 (1922). We quash the decision of the district court of appeal on the authority of Royal v. State, 490 So.2d 44 (Fla.1986), and remand to the district court for reconsideration in light of our decision in that case.
It is so ordered.
McDonald, C.J., and ADKINS, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
BOYD, J., dissents with an opinion.
We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.