Case Name: Rafael RIVERO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-07-12
Citations: 790 So. 2d 1091
Docket Number: No. SC00-806
Parties: Rafael RIVERO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 790
Pages: 1091–1092

Head Matter:
Rafael RIVERO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. SC00-806.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 12, 2001.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Michael J. Neimand, Bureau Chief, and Alison B. Cutler, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:
DOES THE CRIME OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER EXIST IN FLORIDA?
Rivero v. State, 752 So.2d 1244, 1245 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution. We recently answered the same certified question in the affirmative in Brown v. State, 790 So.2d 389 (Fla.2001). Accordingly, we approve the result in Rivero on this issue.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
HARDING, J., dissents with an opinion, in which ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.