Title: Rafael Rivero v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC00-806
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: July 12, 2001

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-806
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RAFAEL RIVERO,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[July 12, 2001]
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, 26 Fla. L.
Weekly S382 (Fla. Oct. 5, 2000).  Accordingly, we approve the result in Rivero on this
-2-
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.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND IF
FILED, DETERMINED.
HARDING, J., dissenting.
I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Brown v. State,  26
Fla. L. Weekly S382 (Fla. Oct. 5, 2000).
ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Great Public Importance
Third District - Case No. 3D99-442 
(Dade County)
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public
Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Michael J. Neimand, Bureau Chief, and
Alison B. Cutler, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
for Respondent