WILLIE JOE MORRIS, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1980-11-12
No. 78-769
Before HENDRY and BASKIN, JJ., and VANN, HAROLD R. (Ret)., Associate Judge.
390 So. 2d 139 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1980) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. McCloud v. State, 335 So. 2d 257 (Fla.1976); Mims v. State, 342 So. 2d 116 (Fla.3d DCA 1977); State v. Douglas, 337 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), cert. denied, 348 So. 2d 946 (Fla.1977); Adams v. State, 295 So. 2d 114 (Fla.2d DCA 1974), cert. denied sub nom. Yarborough v. State, 305 So. 2d 200 (Fla.1974).


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