State v. Gantorius

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. STACY GANTORIUS, Respondent

Court: Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Mar 26, 1998

708 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 1998)

Opinion

No. 90,677.

March 26, 1998.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance Third District — Case No. 96-1021 (Dade County).

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Roberta G. Mandel, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, Florida, for Petitioner.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Julie M. Levitt, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, for Respondent.

SHAW, J.

We have for review Gantorius v. State, 693 So.2d 1040 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), wherein the district court certified the following question:

DOES THE HOLDING OF STATE V. IACAVONE, 660 So.2d 1371 (Fla. 1995) SATISFY THE TEST OF WITT V. STATE, 387 So.2d 922 (Fla. 1980), FOR RETROACTIVE APPLICATION?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V., § 3(b )(4), Fla. Const. We answered this question in the affirmative in State v. Stevens, No. 90,524 (Fla. Mar. 26, 1998). We approveGantorius.

It is so ordered.

KOGAN, C.J., OVERTON, HARDING and ANSTEAD, JJ., and GRIMES, Senior Justice, concur.

WELLS, J., dissents.