Title: Harriet Bates v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC94-741
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: December 16, 1999

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. 94,741
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HARRIET BATES,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[December 16, 1999]
PARIENTE, J.
We have for review the opinion in State v. Bates, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D116
(Fla. 4th DCA Dec. 23, 1998), which certified conflict with the opinions in State v.
Holland, 689 So.2d 1268 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), and State v. Perry, 716 So. 2d 327
(Fla. 2d DCA 1998).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  For
the reasons expressed in our opinion in Hayes v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly S467 (Fla.
Oct. 7, 1999), the decision of the Fourth District is hereby quashed.  We remand to
the district court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ.,
concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND IF
FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Direct Conflict of Decisions
Fourth District - Case No. 98-2584
(Broward County)
Michael D. Gelety, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, West Palm
Beach, and Debra Rescigno, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Respondent