Opinion

Brown v. State

  • 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 168
  • 781 So. 2d 1083
  • 2001 Fla. LEXIS 517
  • 2001 WL 252120
Court
Supreme Court of Florida
Filed
Mar 15, 2001
Status
Published
On the bench
Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 0.8%

The opinion

PER CURIAM.

We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:

DO CONVICTIONS FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND FELONY CAUSING BODILY INJURY ON ACCOUNT OF THE SAME ACT AMOUNT TO DOUBLE JEOPARDY?

Brown v. State, 761 So.2d 1135 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4),- Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed, in Gordon v. State, 780 So.2d 17 (Fla.2001), we answer the certified question in the negative and approve the First District’s decision.

It is so ordered.

WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.

QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion.

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