Title: Joy Friedrich v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC96-852
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: September 7, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96852
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JOY FRIEDRICH,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[September 7, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of
great public importance:
DOES LOVE V. GARCIA, 634 So.2d 158 (Fla.1994),
APPLY IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS WHERE
BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST RESULTS ARE OFFERED
AS PROOF TO ESTABLISH  AN ELEMENT OF THE
OFFENSE, IF THE BLOOD ALCOHOL TESTS
WERE ADMINISTERED BY HOSPITAL
PERSONNEL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
PURPOSES? 
Friedrich v. State, 743 So. 2d 1125, 1126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).  We have
1 We decline to address additional issues raised by petitioner as being outside the scope of the
certified question and decision below.
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jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
We answered an identical certified question affirmatively in Baber v. State,
No. SC96010 (Fla. Aug. 31, 2000).  Because the district court’s decision is
consistent with our decision in Baber, we approve  the decision below.1
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, 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
Great Public Importance
Fourth District - Case No. 4D98-0891 
(Palm Beach County)
Richard W. Springer and Catherine Mazzullo of Springer & Springer, Palm Springs,
Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General,
Bureau Chief, and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach,
Florida,
for Respondent