VIRGINIA Q. BEVERLY, AS JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA, PETITIONER,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA EX REL. CHRISTINE MITCHELL, RESPONDENT

Fla. | 1979-03-22
No. 53115
ENGLAND, C. J., and BOYD, SUND-BERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur., ADKINS, OVERTON and ALDERMAN, JJ., dissent.
369 So. 2d 332 Florida Supreme Court (1979) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this ease based upon an alleged conflict between the decision in this case, reported at 333 So. 2d 89 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), and State v. Sampson, 317 So. 2d 782 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975).

We are of the judgment that the conflict was resolved by State v. Williams, 350 So. 2d 81 (Fla.1977).

Accordingly, the writ is discharged.

ENGLAND, C. J., and BOYD, SUND-BERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur. ADKINS, OVERTON and ALDERMAN, JJ., dissent.


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