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State v. Fessenden

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 17, 1999
734 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. 1999)

Opinion

No. 93,543

Opinion filed June 17, 1999

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance Second District — No. 96-00129, (Pinellas County).

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ann Pfeiffer Howe, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Petitioner.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Clearwater, Florida, for Respondent.

Daniel Y. Sumner, General Counsel, and S. Marc Herskovitz and Jeffrey W. Joseph, Senior Attorneys, Division of Legal Services, Tallahassee, Florida, for the Florida Department of Insurance, Amicus Curiae.


We originally accepted jurisdiction to review Fessenden v. State, 713 So.2d 1093 (Fla.2d DCA 1998), pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), of the Florida Constitution. After further consideration, we have determined that jurisdiction was improvidently granted.

Accordingly, this case is hereby dismissed.

It is so ordered.

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

NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.


Summaries of

State v. Fessenden

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 17, 1999
734 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. 1999)
Case details for

State v. Fessenden

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. JOHN H. FESSENDEN, Respondent

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jun 17, 1999

Citations

734 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. 1999)

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