Title: Roger Durham v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC00-913
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: July 12, 2001

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-913
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ROGER DURHAM,
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?  
Durham v. State, 753 So. 2d 781, 781 (Fla. 5th 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 Durham
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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.
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, S382-85 (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
Fifth District - Case No. 5D99-1890 
(Orange County)
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender,
Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan and Wesley Heidt,
Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Respondent